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    Factors impeding government secondary school teaches' research practice in Kirkos Sub-City
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2011-04) Balcha, Alemayehu; Fenta, Tilahun(Professor)
    The plllpose of this study was to investigate the impeding fac tors of government secondary school teachers research practice in Kirkos sub-city of Addis Ababa. To conduct this research, descriptive s/llTey method was employed. The primm)' sources of data were 130 teachers, 4 principals ~ lI'rreda and 2 sub-city educational ~lJicers, Proportionate stratified random sOlJlpling techniques were employed (0 select teachers and plllposive sampling techniques were employed to select principals, woreda and sub city educational officers, Like wise, the collected data were analyzed quantitatively by using descriptil'e statistics such as, (/requelllly count , percentage, mean and weighted indtj, {md qualitatively by using narration mode, Questionnaires were the main data gathering instruments while interview Gnd docllment analysis were emp loyed to enrich the data gathered through questionnaires, The finding of the study suggested that lack of adequate apport unit)' for on job training related to educational research, teachers negative perception fOlI 'ords educaliollal research. lack of il/fereS! of !eachers towards educational research and poor technical support /rom schools, educational officers, Besides, lack of research fund and material resources, teachers low competence towards educational research and lack of research dissemination and use were the major constraints of educational research practices. Moreover, lack of research co-coordinating body at school, wored and sub-City, ineffective implementation of educational research plan and absence of incentives and proper recognition for teachers researcherJi'om higher officers were another impeding factors, As a result the trend of kirkos sub-city govemment secondclIY school teaclters current practices in educational research is loll'. Hence, for further improvement of educational research practice, it is recommended that the school principals and educational officers at various level should create supportive research cu!ture, develop a systematically organized structure that help train teachers /0 promote flie;,' educational research competency. motivate Gild encourage teachers 10 do educational research through providing incentives, moral assistance, giving reward, recognitions alld provide a chalice to publish their research 01llput, establishing outlets for the disseillination of research res lilts through jOllr"als {flld magazines. in addition, experiel/ce sharillg cllllure should be de,'eloped (/t school le,'el (lndlor cluster centers that help teachers by initiating or IIIDliratill!!. ,hem for doing edllcOIioJ/ul research aJ/d/ur/her researches need to be cOllducted all the leachers praclice of educational research to come lip with wide scale and more detailed ill vest igal iOlls.