An Assessment of Personal Knowledge Management for Teachers in Malaysian Secondary Schools
Keywords:
Personal Knowledge Management, Knowledge Management, Retrieving Information, Evaluating Information, Organising Information, Analysing Information, Presenting Information, Collaborating around Information, Securing Information, Secondary SchoolsAbstract
Personal knowledge management is an interactive process between individuals' ideas and knowledge to facilitate knowledge sharing among them. It provides a framework for individuals to manage, integrate new information to enrich their knowledge assets in an effective manner. This study investigated to what level secondary schools teachers manage their knowledge in Malaysia. A questionnaire was distributed to teachers in secondary schools in Malaysia in five states. A total number of 409 responses were collected from 27 schools. The findings showed the practice of PKM processes is medium. Thus, Malaysian secondary schools need to encourage their teachers to share their personal knowledge to enhance the teacher profession and student achievement.
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