How Does Teacher Knowledge-Sharing Behavior Occur?

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2026.07.008

Abstract

Abstract:

Teacher knowledge sharing is crucial for enhancing teaching abilities and improving educational quality, but the level of teacher knowledge sharing in practice is not satisfactory. Based on the motivation-opportunity-ability (MOA) theory framework, this study analyzes how individual and lesson-preparation group factors influence the occurrence of teacher knowledge-sharing behavior using a structural equation model with data from 3,483 questionnaires of primary and secondary school teachers. The results indicate that, first, after controlling for teacher background variables, both individual knowledge-sharing motivation and ability have a significant positive impact on knowledge-sharing behavior, while time pressure has a significant negative impact, with sharing ability having the greatest influence among all variables. Second, the impact of lesson preparation group knowledge co-construction and knowledge conflict on knowledge-sharing behavior is second only to sharing ability, and knowledge co-construction fully mediates the relationship between lesson preparation group cohesion and knowledge-sharing behavior, while knowledge conflict fully mediates the relationship between knowledge distance and knowledge-sharing behavior. Finally, in terms of the interaction between individual and group factors, lesson preparation group cohesion enhances the relationship between individual motivation and ability and knowledge-sharing behavior, and both lesson preparation group cohesion and knowledge distance buffer the relationship between individual time pressure and knowledge-sharing behavior. In view of this, schools should strengthen training in shared capability to enhance knowledge transformation efficiency, reinforce the cohesion of lesson preparation groups to deepen collective knowledge co-construction, and establish a tiered faculty development system to achieve the creative transformation of knowledge conflicts.

Key words: teacher knowledge sharing, motivation-opportunity-ability theory, individual factors, group factors

Xiaoyu Wei, Na Su. How Does Teacher Knowledge-Sharing Behavior Occur?[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educationa, 2026, 44(7): 97-110.

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维度	题项	估计值	标准误	CR	AVE	CFI	TLI	RMSEA	SRMR
被解释变量
知识共享行为	KSB1	0.696	0.017	0.892	0.583	0.974	0.957	0.073	0.022
	KSB3	0.788	0.013
	KSB4	0.851	0.01
	KSB5	0.832	0.013
	KSB6	0.755	0.016
	KSB7	0.635	0.02
解释变量：个体层解释变量
知识共享动机	KSM1	0.888	0.013	0.958	0.85	0.994	0.983	0.044	0.005
	KSM2	0.94	0.01
	KSM3	0.941	0.008
	KSM4	0.918	0.009
时间压力	TP1	0.871	0.013	0.897	0.688	1	1	0	0.004
	TP2	0.931	0.008
	TP3	0.804	0.017
	TP4	0.692	0.016
知识共享能力	KC2	0.811	0.017	0.925	0.805	1	1	0	0
	KC3	0.938	0.01
	KC4	0.936	0.01
解释变量：群体层解释变量
备课组凝聚力	TC2	0.929	0.008	0.969	0.886	0.996	0.988	0.039	0.005
	TC3	0.966	0.005
	TC4	0.955	0.007
	TC5	0.915	0.01
知识距离	KD1	0.861	0.013	0.935	0.783	0.995	0.986	0.046	0.008
	KD2	0.954	0.007
	KD3	0.884	0.011
	KD4	0.837	0.013
知识共建	KCO1	0.848	0.013	0.947	0.816	0.999	0.992	0.073	0.004
	KCO2	0.907	0.01
	KCO3	0.942	0.008
	KCO4	0.914	0.009
知识冲突	KCF1	0.86	0.01	0.882	0.713	1	1	0	0
	KCF2	0.837	0.01
	KCF3	0.836	0.01

	模型(1)	模型(2)	模型(3)
教师背景变量
性别	−0.011	−0.009	−0.011
	（0.017）	(0.017)	(0.017)
教龄	−0.035	−0.036	−0.034
	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.017)
是否为备课组长	0.06*	0.057*	0.046*
	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.017)
个体变量
知识共享动机	0.190*	0.164*	0.058*
	(0.023)	（0.026)	(0.027)
时间压力	−0.073*	−0.088*	−0.084*
	(0.018)	(0.019)	(0.018)
知识共享能力	0.328*	0.298*	0.243*
	(0.023)	(0.025)	(0.024)
群体变量
备课组凝聚力		0.075*	0.005
		(0.024)	(0.025)
知识距离		0.044*	−0.029
		(0.02)	(0.021)
知识共建			0.232*
			(0.026)
知识冲突			0.19*
			(0.021)
R²	0.22	0.224	0.288
CFI	0.921	0.933	0.923
TLI	0.909	0.924	0.914
RMSEA	0.079	0.067	0.064
SRMR	0.053	0.053	0.053

	路径	效应值	标准误	效应值/标准误	P值	百分位数置信区间（95%）
	路径	效应值	标准误	效应值/标准误	P值	Lower 2.5%	Upper 2.5%
模型(1)	直接效应	0.005	0.027	0.188	0.851	−0.039	0.051
	中介效应：凝聚力→知识共建→共享行为	0.069	0.012	2.874	0.004	0.051	0.089
	总效应	0.074	0.026	2.874	0.004	0.030	0.116
模型(2)	直接效应	−0.029	0.022	−1.308	0.191	−0.065	0.005
	中介效应：知识距离→知识冲突→共享行为	0.082	0.011	7.79	0.000	0.066	0.100
	总效应	0.053	0.021	2.563	0.010	0.020	0.085

	模型1	模型2	模型3	模型4	模型5
教师背景变量
性别	−0.015	−0.011	−0.013	−0.012	−0.016
	0.022	0.022	0.022	0.022	0.022
教龄	−0.002	−0.002*	−0.002*	−0.002*	−0.001
	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001
是否为备课组长	0.024*	0.024*	0.022*	0.024*	0.024*
	0.009	0.009	0.009	0.009	0.009
个体变量
知识共享动机	0.04*	0.05*	0.044*	0.047*	0.039
	0.019	0.023	0.022	0.022	0.022
时间压力	−0.047*	−0.044*	−0.058*	−0.045*	−0.035*
	0.010	0.011	0.011	0.011	0.011
知识共享能力	0.183*	0.179*	0.185*	0.167*	0.176*
	0.019	0.021	0.021	0.021	0.021
群体变量
备课组凝聚力	0.003	0.031	0.012	0.033	−0.001
	0.017	0.021	0.019	0.022	0.019
知识距离	−0.016	−0.009	−0.016	−0.011	−0.029*
	0.012	0.013	0.013	0.013	0.013
知识共建	0.158*	0.153*	0.158*	0.158*	0.159*
	0.018	0.023	0.023	0.023	0.023
知识冲突	0.107*	0.106*	0.105*	0.105*	0.105*
	0.012	0.013	0.013	0.013	0.013
动机×备课组凝聚力		0.094*
		0.019
时间压力×备课组凝聚力			0.063*
			0.017
能力×备课组凝聚力				0.096*
				0.022
时间压力×知识距离					0.041*
					0.012
R²	0.22	0.321	0.303	0.31	0.28
AIC	190673.34	190627.76	190649.94	190635.72	190658.22
H0	−95209.67	−95185.88	−95196.97	−95189.86	−95201.11
自由参数	127	128	128	128	128
AIC comparison results		45.57	23.40	37.62	15.11
H0 comparison results		0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000