Browsing by Author "Shiferaw, Gebeyehu"

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    The Practices of In - Service Education And Training of Government Second Cycle Primary School Teachers In Eastern Gojjam Zone - Amhara National Regional State
    (Addis Ababauniversity, 2007-07) Shiferaw, Gebeyehu; Tassisa, Gizaw
    The pUJpose of this study i to investigate the practices of in - service education and trainina that have been carried out to government second cycle primary school teachers in Ea tern GoJjam Zone. It also used to explore those factors that had been constraining uch endeavor. To this effect, the descriptive survey method was employed. Questionnaire, interview and documentary analysis were used as instruments of data collection. Data were collected from randomly selected thirty - six schools, ten cluster resource centers, jive woreda offices, Eastern Gojjam Zone Education Department and Amhara Regional State Education Bureau. In general, teachers, principals, supervisors, experts and head of education were included as subjects of the study. The data gathered through questionnaires was analyzed using percentage and mean sore. The findings of the study revealed that the practice of designing and implementing in - service training programmes based on systematic needs assessment had been low. Teachers had greater opportunities to involve in CPD and schools' cluster programmes as compared to other training programmes. The study also revealed that there was no organized follow-up system to know the effect of training outcomes. INSET activities had been hindered by budget and time limitations, lack of awareness and attention in undertaking needs assessment, focused on occasionally arranged programes and absence of transparency. Therefore, suggestions, such as developing and implementing systematic training needs assessment strategy,' strengthen the INSET opportunities and provide the necessary benefits,' seek for various income generating mechanisms,' applying an organized follow - up system,' and encouraging collaborative effort were for warded
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    The Practices of in - Service Education and Training of Government Second Cycle Primary School Teachers in Eastern Gojjam Zone - Amhara National Regional State
    (Addis Ababa University, 2007-07) Shiferaw, Gebeyehu; Tassisa, Gizaw (PhD)
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the practices of in - service education and training that have been carried out to government second cycle primary school teachers in Eastern Gojjam Zone. It also used to explore those factors that had been constraining such endeavors. To this effect, the descriptive survey method was employed. Questionnaire, interview and documentary analysis were used as instruments of data collection. Data were collected pam randomly selected thirty - six schools, ten cluster resource centers, five woreda offices, Eastern Gojjam Zone Education Department and Amhara Regional State Education Bureau. In general, teachers, principals, supervisors, experts and heads of education were included as subjects of the study. The data gathered through questionnaires was analyzed using percentage and mean sore. The findings of the study revealed that the practice of designing and implementing in - service training programmes based on systematic needs assessment had been low. Teachers had greater opportunities to involve in CPD and schools' cluster programmes as compared to other training programmes. The study also revealed that there was no organized follow-up system to know the effect of training outcomes. INSET activities had been hindered by budget and time limitations, lack of awareness and attention in undertaking needs assessment, focused on occasionally arranged programes and absence of transparency. Therefore, suggestions, such as developing and implementing systematic training needs assessment strategy; strengthen the INSET opportunities and provide the necessary benefits; seekfor various income generating mechanisms; applying an organized follow - up system; and encouraging collaborative effort were for warded.