Learning Community is the learning method and knowledge management strategy which is
actively attempted for collaborative learning and creation and sharing of knowledge being
produced in authentic context. Knowledge creation through Learning Community has become
an important issue not only in the fi디d of knowledge management, but also in the educational
field.
Many studies on Learning Community have already begun in the field of education. But,
there has been some obstacles to voluntary participation of teachers due to administrative
intervention of educational offices.
Accordingly, this study tries to analyze the type of teachers\' Learning Community and the
characteristics of knowledge-creating activities occurring in Learning Community, and to
discover promotive elements of Learning Community as teachers\' knowledge-creating
environment, by example of “Teachers\' Voluntary Research Group”, which is a Learning
Community aimed at teachers in the field of arts and culture, supported by the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism.
After analyzing the “Teachers\' Voluntary Research Group”, I concluded; the group was
considered as a Learning Community aimed at developing their competency as teachers, by
sharing knowledge through collaborative learning with colleagues belonged to the same field.
Also, most of communities conducted researches and practices at the same time. The main
knowledge and experience being acquired and shared in the “Teachers\' Voluntary Research
Group” was production of educational contents, research and developing theory and
collaborative learning for problem-solving.
Major promotive elements of the “Teachers\' Voluntary Research Group” were social elements
such as joint enterprise of community, voluntary participation and sense of colleagues.
Especially, the sense of community and the sense of colleagues were indicated as more effective
elements to promote knowledge creation and sharing of teachers\' learning community, rather
than cognitive ones.