Libyan Tutors’ Perceptions about Collaboration at some Libyan Universities

Abstract

This paper focuses on how academic staff members perceive collaboration. It is a qualitative study that aims to investigate the academic collaboration among Libyan tutors in terms of exchanging thoughts and ideas and to explore the perspectives of the Libyan tutor in terms of the impact of the collaboration on their knowledge. The research question is how Libyan tutors perceive academic collaboration? And what is the impact of that collaboration on their knowledge and skills? The findings reveal that there is incompatibility of the teachers’ views and their actual practical situations; collaboration was viewed positively, but several obstacles are found to impede it