Opportunities Lost: Resistance to Collaboration in the New Zealand K-12 Teaching Community

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  • Glenda Jacobs
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In the light of recent NZ government initiatives designed to increase occupational networking amongst K-12 teachers, this paper examines the potential of the Internet to meet this objective. The paper then investigates why teachers might ignore or avoid opportunities to form and benefit from weak ties online, despite claiming to regard such networking as professionally valuable. Finally, recommendations are made regarding the type of incentives and initiatives likely to encourage electronic weak tie formation within K-12 environments.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006