Assessment of Factors Affecting Teachers' Engagement In Conducting Educational Research In Colleges of Teacher Ed"Ccation In Oromiya Regional-State
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2006-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
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This Sfll{Z\ ' was aillled at assessing factors ajJectillg teachers' clwagelllcllt in cOllductillg
educational research. III order to lIIeet this plflpose, sOllie hasic questioll ' were raised regardlllg
lIl1ell/pts lIIade hy the teachers to ulldertake research alld factors that halllper research acti\'ities
ill eTE of Orollliya, Basic questiolls related to basic research kno II 'ledge. research \Vork plan.
opportullity to get research copies, alld research \l'Ork disselllillatioll lI 'ere also raised. The study
ell/ployed slflTey as mC!thod of illvestigatioll alld simple ralldom sall/plillg technique for selectillg
those who took part ill the stuc(r, Questiollnaire . illterviell' and focll oroup discussion lI'ere IIsed
as tools of data gatherillg.
According(}', the overall sun'e." revealed that lack of [til all cia I, material ((lid hUll/an illputs alld
shortage of sOll/e services alld lack offacilitatillg cOllditiolls made difficllll teachers' engagelllellt
ill educatiollal research ({Clivities, Thus it \I'as concluded that the abo\'e factors are impedimellts
that made research activities difficult ill colleges of Teacher Educatioll concemed. Thlls, the
recommendatioll for addressing these issues illclude creatillg fen 'orable cOllditiolls by alloc((tillg
suffiCient [tnancial resource, hiring additional teachillg stajJ alld part till/er. strengthellillg the
link betweell RPO at erE alld Office of Research Team at ORE, ratifyillo a charier at regiollal
level, which gives value to research ill teachers' professional proll/otioll, C/:;atillg close cOlllacts
between different eTE and Universities for experiential exchange, organi:illg research groups of
teachers, and formulating guideline to intensively folloll' up teachers' ellgagement in research
\Vork.
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Conducting Educational Research In Colleges