Involvement of Secondary School Teachers in Action Research: The Case of Misrak Goh Secondary School
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
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T he prin cipal purpose of this study was to under stand I"he ill voh"rlll cill (If
hi gh school tea ch ers ill edll ca l'iollal ae lion l'esc,He" ill \ li s r" k Coil. 1'1 ,,·
s tlldy furth er ill ves tiga les t" e major illip eci illl c ill fa ced I" Ipa c- Ill'rs 10
undertake r esea rch activities. To r ealize t hese objectives, cia I a 'I"(~ r,~
collected from /(israk Goh secondary sc hoo l teach ers, sch oo l director ami
kirkos- sub city edu cation officer t hrou gh in d epth illl"erv ipw, ohS('r"" I' ioll
a lld do cume llt a nal ysis. The pani cipa lll"s were pnrpos ive lv sr lr C' l"rd h"srri
0 11 th eir roles, res pon sibilities .. ex pos urc 10 resnl r .. l, 'links ,,, ,, I
cooperativeness, The participaJlts were inl er\' ie,,'ed II s illg upe ll- elllled :
semi-s l:rll ctured a nd structllred qu es l' ioll s ill cO ll ve rsatiulla l s l yle, _\ s is 11'11 "
for most qualitative case stlldies, the data were prescIll"ed ill lIaJ'l'ati,'('
forms b ased on the participants' unde rstanding and illi erpretal" ion ill
addition to m y own r efl ective analysis. The findings reveal ed I hal I "f'
status of r esearch activities was marginal. Only fin ge r C'o lllli rd 1'('a('I,('I's
were parli cipated in resea rch \-\"orks. ]\lo sl tcac l, e rs \\('1"1' d" - Illoli,al l'd 10
inv olve ill resear ch endeavors due to absence of any [ol"ln of ill ec lli i, '(' 1"1"0111 - th e school and ma inly du e to t he di sconlillilati o ll of 1I'<I(' I,,'r s' I'l"OlilOli o ll
(ca rcer s tru ct ure) , T his \\'as du e to the fact tita l p a rti e ipalioll ill r(' sl'ar .. h
was o lle of the performance eva luation crit.eria of t eache rs 10 be prOIlIOI p.d,
l-] ell ce_ the iss lle bein,O" rll enl' iolled wou ld co me Irll(, " ' ''I'll Il'arhf'rs arc '. 0
encoura ged , motivated to iJl voh'e ill a sciclltifi (; 'lil\ s 01' all", i,lIill:':
probl ems. Accordingly, prov ision of du e al le nlioll frolll t"Olll"(,I'II,·d h"di,"
such as policy makers, and other shall com e into e ffe c i so as 10 c llrh I hI'
problem.
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Action Research