IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/ininma/v30y2010i4p326-334.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A knowledge management perspective on Art Education

Author

Listed:
  • Chua, Alton Y.K.
  • Heng, Swee Kiang

Abstract

This paper applies concepts drawn from KM to Art Education. Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to study the knowledge types, knowledge sources, knowledge processes as well as factors affecting these processes in Art Education. The research was carried out using an interpretative case study methodology in Singapore. Apart from 26 one-to-one interviews conducted with various stakeholders of the Art Education community, on-site observations were made at 19 different Art Education events. Four major findings emerged. One, the knowledge types of Art Education in Singapore were a blend of different knowledge domains. Two, perceptible knowledge sources were those which conveyed an appearance of authority. Three, knowledge processes in Art Education were steeply humanistic. Finally, factors that affected knowledge processes were (i) the highly competitive Singapore education system, (ii) management support and policies, (iii) personal values and interests, (iv) workload and (v) the absorptive capacity of Art teachers. This paper concludes with a number of research and practical implications.

Suggested Citation

  • Chua, Alton Y.K. & Heng, Swee Kiang, 2010. "A knowledge management perspective on Art Education," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(4), pages 326-334.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ininma:v:30:y:2010:i:4:p:326-334
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.12.002
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401209001522
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.12.002?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Mearns, M.A. & du Toit, A.S.A., 2008. "Knowledge audit: Tools of the trade transmitted to tools for tradition," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 161-167.
    2. Kimble, Chris & Bourdon, Isabelle, 2008. "Some success factors for the communal management of knowledge," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 28(6), pages 461-467.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Iglesias-Pradas, Santiago & Hernández-García, Ángel & Fernández-Cardador, Pedro, 2015. "Social factors' influences on corporate wiki acceptance and use," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 68(7), pages 1481-1487.
    2. Kimble, Chris & Bourdon, Isabelle, 2008. "Some success factors for the communal management of knowledge," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 28(6), pages 461-467.
    3. Ribeiro, Richard & Kimble, Chris & Cairns, Paul, 2010. "Quantum phenomena in Communities of Practice," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 21-27.
    4. Venkitachalam, Krishna & Willmott, Hugh, 2017. "Strategic knowledge management—Insights and pitfalls," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 313-316.
    5. Jyoti Jagasia & Utpal Baul & Debasis Mallik, 2015. "A Framework for Communities of Practice in Learning Organizations," Business Perspectives and Research, , vol. 3(1), pages 1-20, January.
    6. Harvey, Jean-François & Cohendet, Patrick & Simon, Laurent & Dubois, Louis-Etienne, 2013. "Another cog in the machine: Designing communities of practice in professional bureaucracies," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 27-40.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:ininma:v:30:y:2010:i:4:p:326-334. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-information-management .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.