واقع تطبيق عمليات إدارة المعرفة البيئية في المدارس الحکومية بمصر” دراسة تطبيقية على محافظة الجيزة "

This study aimed to define the environmental knowledge management processes that must be applied in Egyptian public schools, and to explore the reality and obstacles to applying environmental knowledge management processes from the point of view of administrators and teachers in public schools in Giza Governorate (as a total degree and as sub-dimensions: environmental knowledge generation, environmental knowledge  storage, environmental knowledge sharing and environmental knowledge application). The study also aimed to reveal whether there are significant differences in the views of administrators and participating teachers regarding the extent and obstacles to the application of environmental knowledge management processes according to their different demographic variables (job - years of experience - qualification). The descriptive survey method was employed. The data were collected using a questionnaire on the reality and obstacles to the application of environmental knowledge management in Egyptian public schools. The study population consisted of teachers and administrators in all government schools in Giza Governorate. The study sample consisted of (144) teachers and administrators in government schools in Giza Governorate. The results showed that the application of environmental knowledge management was "low", where the general mean was (2.1), and the degree of application of knowledge management ranged between "low" and "very low". The results also showed that the severity of obstacles to implementing environmental knowledge management processes was generally "high", as the general mean reached (3,476). The results of the study showed that there are statistically significant differences in the perception of the degree of reality and obstacles to the application of environmental knowledge management according to the job variable for the benefit of the administrators, while there were no significant differences according to the variables of (years of experience and qualification). In light of these results, it was recommended to provide experts in environmental knowledge management in Egyptian public schools with the aim of establishing and institutionalizing environmental knowledge management processes. The study also suggested conducting a future study on environmental knowledge management as a mediating variable in the relationship between the application of environmental management systems and environmental performance in Egyptian public schools.