Issue 3, 2012

Andreeva T. E., Sergeeva A. V., Golubeva A. A., Pavlov Ya. Yu. Challenges to Knowledge Sharing in Educational Organizations: Evidence from Secondary Schools.

The article discusses challenges to managing knowledge sharing in public educational organizations presenting evidence from secondary schools. Using data from 26 in-depth interviews with principles and teachers of 11 St. Petersburg schools, we critically analyze the identified practices and discuss challenges to knowledge sharing within schools (among teachers), between schools and with a number of key stakeholders — pupils’ parents, higher educational institutions, pre-schools and local educational authorities. The results of the review allow formulating a number directions for improving knowledge sharing processes as a means for increasing school’s effectiveness. Keywords: Knowledge Sharing, Secondary Education, Knowledge-Intensive Organization.

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