The Spirit of Group Cooperation of Teachers as an Educational Necessity of Schools: A Review Study

Objective: In order for the realm of education to advance, it is imperative that the stakeholders engaged in this field, particularly educators who maintain substantial interaction with students, undergo transformation. The objective of the present study is to systematically review scholarly works pertinent to the essence of collective collaboration among educators as an educational imperative within academic institutions. Methods: In the course of a systematic examination, approximately 14 studies authored by Iranian researchers and around 20 studies by non-Iranian researchers were analyzed. The selected studies were exclusively those published in esteemed Iranian journals and in journals indexed within the Scopus and JCR databases from the years 2010 to 2023. Results: A majority of the studies concentrated on elucidating the definition of the essence of collaboration, as well as the impact of this collaborative spirit on both individual and organizational variables. Furthermore, in most of the analyzed research, educators were utilized as the primary subjects of study. Employee performance, learning and development, creativity, job motivation, and job satisfaction emerged as the most significant variables investigated within these studies, all of which were demonstrated to be affected by the essence of collaboration. Conclusions: Overall, the findings of this research corroborated the essence of collective collaboration as an educational necessity within academic institutions and indicated that such collaboration has the potential to enhance both individual and organizational variables, particularly among educators.