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Applying SECI Model for Creating Pedagogical Knowledge

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Successful Transposition of Lesson Study

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Ikujiro Nonaka devised the SECI (Socialization, Externalization, Combination and Internalization) model to describe how explicit and tacit knowledge is generated, transferred and recreated in organizations. This chapter describes how this model can be used as an analytical lens in education to examine Lesson Study in individual, group and school contexts. The chapter also explores the effects of knowledge leadership, organization culture and the four Ba (shared spaces/contexts for emerging relationships) on institutionalizing the SECI model to manage pedagogical content knowledge. It also examines how the model may streamline the knowledge creation process of Lesson Study.

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Cheng, E.C.K. (2019). Applying SECI Model for Creating Pedagogical Knowledge. In: Successful Transposition of Lesson Study. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2472-7_3

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