A Study On The Knowledge Sharing And Its Influencing Factors Among Teachers In The Vocational Schools

Along with the progress of reforms in the field of vocational education,teachers'professional development has increasingly become a main trend in teachers'education. Knowledge sharing is regarded as the key in the knowledge management,which will bring better chance to the promotion of teachers'professional growth and teachers'training in schools. The study explores the present status of knowledge sharing and its influencing factors among teachers who work in the secondary vocational schools which are titled'national grade key school'in Beijing,then puts forward some suggestion based on the data analysis in hopes of promoting the development of knowledge sharing in the field of vocational education and teachers'Professionalization in our country. The thesis mainly comprises of two parts- literature study and empirical research. The literature part focuses on the analysis of the connotation of knowledge sharing and the key influencing factors. The empirical research begins with interviews,in which a total of 5 teachers are interviewed. The questionnaire survey follows. All the registered teachers (excluding administration staff and part-time employed teachers) from 9 secondary vocational schools that are randomly selected as the sample of totally 33 schools in Beijing. 275 questionnaires are sent to teachers and 265 are received back which account for 96% of the ones sent out. Up to 252 questionnaires are valid which accounts for 92% of the total questionnaires. The questionnaires are analyzed through descriptive statistics,item analysis, factor analysis,T-test,analysis of variance,One-way ANOVA,stepwise Regression and cluster analysis.The conclusions of this study are drawn as follows:1. Knowledge sharing among teachers of secondary vocational schools titled'national grade key schools'in Beijing is appraised at a medium level. The main knowledge sharing channels are face to face communication among teachers,such as teaching seminar,specialist lecture etc. Until now,it is not popular through electronic medium such as computer,database. 2. Teachers have a high demand for knowledge sharing,but lower sharing behavior is shown in practice. Personal factors are shown differently in affecting knowledge sharing. Interaction and organization factors have great impacts on knowledge sharing.3. Conclusions from teachers'personal factors affecting knowledge sharing: (1) In terms of initiative of knowledge sharing,the female teachers perform better than the male counterparts.(2)Teachers who teach literacy course perform more active than those who teach specialized course in the aspect of using knowledge resources effectively and identity of trust relationship motivating sharing behavior. (3) Teachers with different levels of professional titles are significantly affecting knowledge-sharing in trust factor. Teachers of elementary title are more satisfied than those with higher ones. (4) Motivation and trust factors show great ability to predict knowledge sharing present status. (5)The nine surveyed secondary vocational schools are divided into three ranks: excellent,good and qualified.Based on the conclusion above,several pieces of suggestion are raised: 1. Pay more attention to the cooperation and communication between teachers who teach different courses. 2. Strengthen the creation of knowledge sharing atmosphere and establish trust interpersonal relations. 3. Secure the effective formulation and execution of incentive mechanism of knowledge sharing. 4. Set up knowledge databases fully based on the networking platform.