Study on Knowledge Management Behaviors in Teachers´ Online Communities of Practice

Nowadays, studying knowledge management behaviours has been a hot topic in the field of research on teachers\´ professional development. KM has always been viewed as an important mission of communities of practice. This paper focuses on elementary and secondary school teachers in "Beijing Dong cheng District\´s Teachers\´ Communities of Practice Program (Phase II)", and conducted social network analysis as well as content analysis on teachers\´ activities in a community of practice during half a year, which mainly focuses on the KM behaviours of core and peripheral individuals, and a conclusion was drawn that teachers\´ online communities of practice have a sparse social network structure which is mainly formed by legitimate peripheral participation. Also, it was concluded that the knowledge management behaviours of core and peripheral individuals in teachers\´ online communities of practice were significantly different, and core individuals\´ typical knowledge management behaviours were refined through interviewing method.