This study aims at knowing the reality of knowledge-sharing from the perspective of the teaching staff at Amran University, in the fields of teaching, research, consulting and community service, and to know if there are statistically differences in the response of the participants (sample's responses) due to the variables (specialization, academic degree, and experience). The study followed the descriptive approach and data was collected based on a questionnaire which was distributed to a sample of (28) participants (members). It used the statistical packages (SPSS) to analyzed; The study revealed that; The rate to which the teaching staff practice knowledge-sharing from their perspective; in general, it was “medium.” While in the field of “teaching” was “high”, and in the field of “scientific research, community service” it was “medium”. It also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the averages of the study-sample members (participants) responses regarding the degree of practiced knowledge-sharing at the level of all fields due to the specialization variable, except for the field of “Research,” which indicated the presence of differences in favor of the Humanities. When the academic degree variable is in the field of “Teaching” in favor of “professor” degree and the variable “Experience” in the field of “Teaching and Community Service” is in favor of experience (less than 5 years and more than 10 years).
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Knowledge Sharing, Teaching, Research, Community Service, Faculty Members
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Al-Guhali, M. A. A. (2025). The Reality of Knowledge Sharing Among Faculty Members at Amran University. Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, 10(4), 97-119. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.tecs.20251004.12
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