Sustaining Research Innovations in Educational Technology Through Communities of Practice  

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Hung, David ; Lee, Shu-Shing ; Lim, Kenneth Y T

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Educational Technology: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education vol. 52 no. 04 (Jul. 2012), page 33-36.
Topik: Educational Technology; Innovation Diffusion

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: E22.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The diffusion of innovation is criticall to societal progression. In the field of education, such diffusion takes on added significance because of the many stakeholders and accountabilities involved. This article presents the argument that efforts at diffusion which are designed from a top-down perspective are not sustainable over the long term because such a perspective does not sufficiently acknowledge the importance of tacit knowledge in the successful adoption and adaption of innovations. Using examples drawn from the trialing and implementation of a suite of research innovation in the Singapore education system, the argument is made that tacit understandings of any given innovation are attained through dialogue and embodied practice within authentic contexts, and that these very contexts and opportunities for dialogue are precisely the affordances of communities of Practice. The article draws some tentative conclusions about system level moves and strategies which might nurture strategies which might nurture the dialectic of theory, practice, and epistemology by leveraging existing social structures.

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