Zelalem, Abrham (2004) Involvement of Secondary School Teachers in Educational Research in Afar Regional State. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to examine the current status of secondGl)' school teachers' involvement in educational research in Afar Regional State and to identifY the major impediments that hinder teachers from research undertaking. To achieve this objective, a descriptive survey method was employed. In this study, data were collected ji"Oln teachers, principals, zonal and regional education officials through questionl1aire and interview. Questionnaire consisting oj" 40 items was distributed to 92 secondary school teachers who are working in thefive schools of Afar Region. From the distributed questionnaire 93.5 %(86) of them were filled in and returned. Interviews were conducted with five school principals, two zonal and one regional education officials. The secured data through these instruments were analyzed using narrative description, percentage, mean, chisquare, t-test and one way repeated measure ANOVA. The findings of the study revealed that almost half of the respondent teachers did not take research methodology course while they were in higher institutions. Even from those teachers who took the course, 35.42% of them assured that the training they took was not adequate to enable them undertake educational research. On top of this, concerned bodies in the region did not provide training in research for these teachers in the form of workshop, seminar or in-service training in order to up-grade their research knowledge. In addition to this, there were no up-to-date reference materials that acquaint teachers with research methodology, there were no Budgets allocated for research; there was no research coordinating body in zonal, woreda or school level and incentives were not provided for teachers who were engaged in research. Although almost all of the teachers in the sample schools have a positive attitude and interest towards conducting educational research, only 5.95% of them were engaged in educational research due to the reasons mentioned above. The major constraints that block teachers from carrying out research activities were therefore, lack of conducive environment for research, lack of support from concerned authorities, lack of experience in how to do educational research and lack of materials for research. Generally, the factors collected enabled to make a conclusion that the research involvement of secondary school teachers of this region was found to be low. Therefore, to popularize and promote research activities of secondary school teachers of this region, it is recommended that Afar Region Education Bureau should up-grade teachers' knowledge and skills by organizing and conducting in-service training, workshop or seminar in sustained fashion. In addition to this, concerned bodies need to create favorable conditions for research by allocating fund for research, by equipping school libraries with recent reference materials and by providing sufficient stationery for teacher researchers.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2019 12:54 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2019 12:54 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9570 |
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