Networks as Opportunities for Knowledge Creation among Professionals: How Optimized by Counsellor Educators?

Autor/in	Obi, Ifeoma E.
Titel	Networks as Opportunities for Knowledge Creation among Professionals: How Optimized by Counsellor Educators?
Quelle	In: African Higher Education Review, 5 (2012), S.7-25 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2141-1905
Schlagwörter	Scholarship; Social Networks; School Counseling; Counselor Educators; Communities of Practice; Computer Mediated Communication; Familiarity; Group Membership; Technology Uses in Education; Incidence; Educational Practices; Questionnaires; Counselor Attitudes; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Scholarships; Stipendium; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Community; Computerkonferenz; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Vorkommen; Bildungspraxis; Fragebogen; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland
Abstract	Knowledge creation involves the generation of new ideas, facts and insights through interaction with people to meet challenges and changes. Online and offline professional groups and networks are some of the avenues for generating new knowledge and innovation in practices. Guidance counselling is one the areas that needs to constantly remain abreast with the dynamics of human life and social relations. A number of opportunities abound to help counsellor educators and professional counsellors in higher institutions create knowledge to improve their practices and make more impact on lives. This work examined the extent counsellor educators exploit these opportunities. Three research questions guided the study. A sample of 63 counsellor educators drawn from higher institutions in Anambra and Enugu States was used for the study. Simple and multiple response percentage were the methods used in analyzing data obtained through the questionnaire. Results show that most of the counsellor educators were not aware of the existence of these networks and such do not belong to most of them. It was also found that the opportunities for facilitating knowledge creation available in the networks were not optimized by counsellor educators. A number of suggestions were given to help facilitate the awareness and maximization of these current opportunities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01