This book introduces the application of knowledge management (KM)
theories, practices, and tools in school organization for sustainable
development. Schools in Asia Pacific have long faced a variety of
challenges in terms of sustainable development under the education
reforms and curriculum reforms to meet the demands of a knowledge
society. Schools are inevitably expected to develop human capital for
the knowledge society within the competitive global economy, and to
interact with its policy environment and know how to leverage
pedagogical knowledge. The high speed of expansion change and expansion
of knowledge have dramatically influence the development of flexibility
of teacher and school works. The nature of teacher work becomes
increasingly less routine, more analytical, and disruptive yet often
come with a sense of urgency and need to be more collaborative. Teachers
not only require data and information, but also knowledge and experience
of individual, they also need to collaborative task execution, decision
making and problem solving. Helping school leaders and teachers to
manage their knowledge and become "know how" to cope with the change is
important.