The role of knowledge exchange between teachers in effectiveness improvement of innovation activities in a secondary school organization

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The scientific article discusses the importance of integration of innovations in the educational process. It is noted that in several schools the quality of education is decreasing because of unpreparedness of teams to master new technologies and methods of pedagogical work. It is argued that the involvement of teachers in the process of knowledge exchange will reduce this problem. The low aspiration of teachers to professional cooperation, which hinders the exchange of knowledge and implementation of innovations, is actualized. The goal of the research is to find the basis for improving the effectiveness of innovation activities in secondary school and to justify the role of knowledge exchange between teachers to solve this problem. The analysis of scientific literature contributes to the understanding of the urgent need to implement innovative processes in a modern secondary school organization. The necessity of establishing partnership relations in this process is stated. The role of knowledge exchange in increasing the intellectual potential of the organization is revealed, the problems and ways of their solution in intensifying the process of knowledge exchange at school are indicated. The methodological basis of the research is the conceptual provisions of the synergistic approach, according to which teamwork has a much greater effect than individual ways of solving pedagogical problems. The result of the research is expressed in the substantiation of the impact of knowledge exchange between teachers on improving the performance of innovation activities in a secondary school organization. The elements of the knowledge exchange process are specified. The most promising forms, methods, means and products of the knowledge exchange process for the implementation of pedagogical innovations are characterized. Individual and team ways of innovation activity realization are presented. The forms of knowledge exchange between teachers, used both inside and outside the school team, as well as the means of knowledge exchange and other elements of this process are shown. Scientific novelty of the research consists in the description of pedagogical processes promising for the implementation of innovations. The role of knowledge exchange between teachers in improving the effectiveness of innovation activities in general educational organization is substantiated. Theoretical significance of the research is expressed in the possibility of enriching the forms, methods and means presented in the scientific literature to ensure the continuous professional development of teachers. The practical significance of the publication consists in the fact that the described elements of knowledge exchange can be implemented in the systems of internal organizational training of school teams, institutions of additional education of teachers, centers of continuous professional development of teachers.