Managing School Intellectual Capital for Strategic Development: Lessons from Asia and Europe

252 Pages·2022·10.923 MB·English

by  Eric C. K. Cheng

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Edited by Eric C. K. Cheng
Managing School Intellectual
Capital for Strategic Development
Cheng articulates the extent to which knowledge management approaches can
create Intellectual Capital (IC) and contribute to improvements in education
quality.
He argues that public schools have long contended with the requirements
of quality assurance in a competitive environment of decreasing student num-
bers, increasing parental choice and rising standards of accountability. As public
organisations, schools have to demonstrate appropriate resource management
and show evidence that they are meeting defined development plans and goals.
Cheng proposes a strategic approach, IC management, to help schools respond
to and cope with the increasingly competitive environment while enhancing
school capacity for improving student learning.
First, the book guides readers to understand the development of IC theory in
the context of education to address the requirements of quality assurance and
accountability. It then introduces Lesson Study, e-Learning, and Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) as key resources and drivers for building
school IC, and examines the organisational factors that enable knowledge man-
agement approaches for developing IC in schools from both Asia and Europe. It
concludes by offering strategies and implementation methods to manage school
IC for sustainable development.
Combining research from Asia and Europe, this edited volume will be useful
for school leaders and policy makers, as well as those researching school leader-
ship and IC.
Eric C. K. Cheng is a specialist in knowledge management, educational manage-
ment, and Lesson Study. He is currently Associate Professor of the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong.
Asia-Europe Education Dialogue
URL: https://www.routledge.com/Asia-Europe-
Education-Dialogue/book-series/AEED
Series Editor: Kerry J. Kennedy
This Routledge book series provides a forum for dialogue on key educational
issues and challenges faced by Asian and European societies. Its distinctiveness
is its broad focus on Education in Asia and Europe. In essence, it will address
major issues in education reform, student learning, leadership, curriculum,
higher education, multicultural education, and other major educational issues
affecting Asia and Europe.
Published books:
Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World
Edited by Javier Calvo de Mora and Kerry J. Kennedy
Multiculturalism in Turbulent Times
Edited by Christine Halse and Kerry J. Kennedy
Assessment as Learning
Maximising Opportunities for Student Learning and Achievement
Edited by Yan Zi and Lan Yang
Quality in Teacher Education and Professional Development
Chinese and German Perspectives
Edited by John-Chi Kin Lee and Timo Ehmke
Reconstructing Democracy and Citizenship Education
Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe
Edited by Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz and Kerry J. Kennedy
Managing School Intellectual Capital for Strategic Development
Lessons from Asia and Europe
Edited by Eric C. K. Cheng
Managing School Intellectual
Capital for Strategic
Development
Lessons from Asia and Europe
Edited by Eric C. K. Cheng
First published 2023
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DOI: 10.4324/9781003094999
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To my colleague Pin Yau and all the
contributors of this book without whom
this book would not have been completed.

Contents
List of Figures x
List of Tables xii
List of Contributors xiii
Series Editor’s Note xix
Preface xxi
PART I
Theoretical Perspective of Intellectual Capital
for Education Organisations 1
1 The Rise of School Intellectual Capital Management 3
ERIC C. K. CHENG
2 The Origin and Evolution of Intellectual Capital 19
PATRICK YUN
3 Enabling Intellectual Capital through Social Capital:
School Management of Changing Times in Taiwan 31
HUNG-CHANG CHEN AND MU-JIN CHEN
4 How Positive Principal Leadership Shapes Intellectual
Capital in Taiwanese Schools: A Case Study 43
CHIH-FENG LAI
viii Contents
PART II
Lesson Study as Intellectual Capital
Development Strategies 57
5 Fostering Intellectual Capital by Lesson Study
with Unit Lesson Plan 59
TOSHIYA CHICHIBU
6 Developing Intellectual Capital in Japanese
Schools through Lesson Study: A Perspective from
Curriculum Management 69
TETSUO KURAMOTO
7 The Intellectual Capital in a Shanghai School:
A Case Study of Systemic Development 80
LAN SHI AND ERIC C. K. CHENG
PART III
E-Learning and Online Learning as Intellectual
Capital Development Strategies 97
8 E-Learning and Online Learning as an Innovative
Capital in Japanese Schools 99
BRUCE LANDER
9 E-Learning as Innovative School Intellectual Capital:
A Case Study in Taiwan 112
YONG-CIH YANG, CHENG-HUAN CHEN, AND CHUN-MING HUNG
10 Creating Intellectual Capital through a Learning-Driven
Knowledge Management System in a Hong Kong School 125
ALEX K. W. CHU
PART IV
Case Studies of the Development of Intellectual Capital 143
11 Managing School Intellectual Capital and Collaborative
Professionalism in Public Education in Hungary 145
VILMOS VASS
Contents ix
12 Intellectual Capital and Collaborative Professionalism in
Education – Case Studies of Some European Countries 160
GRZEGORZ MAZURKIEWICZ, MILAN POL, BOHUMÍRA LAZAROVÁ,
MIKA RISKU, SLAVICA ŠEVKUŠIĆ, AND VILMOS VASS
13 How Schools in Macau Create Intellectual
Capital for Development 177
SHUN-WING NG AND YEE-WAN KWAN
14 Intellectual Capital in Hong Kong Schools:
A Leadership Perspective 189
JUN HU
PART V
Conclusion 201
15 Strategies and Practices for School Intellectual
Capital Management 203
ERIC C. K. CHENG
Index 223