Browsing by Author "Haile, Ketema"

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    The Contributions and Challenges of Alternative Basic Education for Children Supported by Save the Children Denmark in North Shoa (Oromia)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-07) Haile, Ketema; Hussien, Abdlaziz (PhD)
    Education is one of the rights of children (Article 28 of the CRC). It is hardly possible to fulfill the rights of children without accessing basic education to children. Education is among the determining factors of a country's development. One cannot imagine about development when the actors of development are Illiterate. In connection to this, in Ethiopia, a considerable attention and priority has been given to education in general and that of primary education in particular. To this effect MOE has established partnership with NGOs, to implement ABE. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to assess the contributions and challenges of alternative basic education supported by SCD. Based on this purpose, brief review related literature, experiences of other countries as well as research findings of others on ABE were assessed. Descriptive survey research method was employed to conduct the study. Data were gathered from government and NGO officials and experts, facilitators, CMC members and ABE students through questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussion. The data collected through questionnaires were analyzed using percentages, and the qualitative data were analyzed in narration. In order to select sample population random, availability and purposive sampling techniques were employed. The findings of the study revealed that improving physical access of schools through provision of ABECs, motivated parents to send their children to centers and has created education opportunity for the disadvantaged segment of society including girls. The study also showed that the program carried out in the zone is contributing to the achievement of UPE in terms of creating access, gender equity and efficiency. The findings deduced from the study also revealed that both awareness raising and capacity enhancement activities helped the partiCipants to understand more about the objectives of the program which in turn contributes to the effectiveness of the ABE program. Hence, for the ucces of ABE program in creating an opportunity to primary education., it is advisable to promote the change in attitude and motivation of stakeholders toward ABE which will made them to appreciate the ABE a an alternative way of creating access to education to needy children.
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    Higher Education Institutions Practices In Implementing Educational Innovations In Ethiopia: The Case of Cooperative Learning
    (AAU, 2021-03) Haile, Ketema; Asgedom, Amare(Professor
    The purpose of this study was to explore higher education institutions practices of implementing cooperative learning strategy as educational innovation. The study was conducted in three public universities in Ethiopia and the study sites were selected using maximum variation sampling technique. The theoretical framework used in this study was a composite of three theories: implementation, social learning and Constructivist theories. The Academic Vice Presidents, college/institute deans, department heads, university reform directors and experts from Ethiopian ministry of education (EMoE) reform directorate education strategic center were participated in the qualitative phase of this study while instructors and students were participated in the quantitative part. Semi-structured interview, document analysis and observation were used to collect qualitative data. Questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data. It was distributed to 36 randomly selected instructors and 120 randomly selected students. Out of these, responses from 35 instructors and 117 students were used for analysis. Thematic analysis was used to analyses the qualitative data. Descriptive, multiple regression, ANOVA, chi-square, t-test analyses were used to analyze the quantitative data. Seven categories/themes of CL implementation practices emerged from this study: Knowledge and Perception of cooperative learning, purposes of cooperative learning, blessings and opportunities of cooperative learning, attitude towards cooperative learning, cooperative learning implementation practices, status of the implementation practices and challenges /curses/ in CL implementation. Three major conclusions were drawn from this study: (1) One of the conclusions drawn from this study is that there were lack of necessary preparations including implementation planning, trainings for instructors, technical support and coordinated work among all parties that played the major role was not satisfactory; (2) The respondents conceptualize CL as an accepted and preferred strategy comparing to individual or competitive approach but the actual implementation practices of the strategy was poor. On the other hand, there were research participants who perceive CL as governments political tool in academic institutions; (3) there was no adequate provision of resources and facilities which better facilitates the implementation practices of the pedagogical innovation in the case universities