The Development and Change of Teachers' Strategic Knowledge in Teachers' Online Community of Practice

  • Authors:

  • Tao Feng;Lu Wang;MengYa Zhou

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Educational Technology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China;Department of Educational Technology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China;School of Education, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

To obtain the development and change of teachers' strategic knowledge in teachers' online community of practice TOCP in China, content analysis, video case analysis and statistical analysis methods were adopted to study 45 teachers 15 novice teachers, 15 key teachers, and 15 experienced teachers from three participating schools during three phases. The development and change of different teacher groups' strategic knowledge and the general characteristics of their strategic knowledge have been concluded respectively. It can be concluded that TOCP has changed teachers' professional learning model, constantly improved their strategic knowledge and positively influenced different teacher groups' strategic knowledge.