The Status and Challenges of Educational Research Undertaking and Dissemination at College of Education and Behavioral Studies, Addis Ababa University
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa Univerisity
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The general objective of this study was to investigate the status and determinants of educational
research undertaking and dissemination in Addis Ababa University. In doing so, the independent
variables were categorized in to two: individual and environmental variables while the
dependent variable was research output. Mixed methods approach was employed for the study,
which was mainly quantitative, but also used qualitative approach for triangulation purposes.
The study found out that the status of educational research practice at CEBS was at medium
level and the level of research results dissemination as it was low. Furthermore, it was found out
that career and self knowledge variables were the strongest predictors of research output. Thus,
it was recommended that the university should improve incentive and reward mechanism to
encourage its researchers; the university should reduce teaching workloads for those teachers
who showed high interest and commitments in conducting educational research by creating sort
of criteria/system, involve postgraduate program students to help lecturers in their research
work. CEBS needs to exert further effort to find additional fund through partnership and
networking with national and international organizations and institutions. Finally, it was
recommended that AAU, at larger level, and CEBS in particular, should conduct self-evaluation
of faculty research productivity.
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Education