The Status of Research Activity Among Teaching Staffs of Desre Sirhan University
| dc.contributor.advisor | Debeb, GlEgziabher (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ali, Fuad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-15T06:17:08Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T09:04:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-15T06:17:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T09:04:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to assess the current status of research activity among teaching staffs of DBU. To conduct this research, mixed research method and descriptive survey design was employed. The primary sources of data were 114 instructors, 4 school and college head , ARQAD and RD. HEP, HERQAs documents, DBU senate legislation, Research Records, Academic Year Plan and Research Proceedings were the secondary data sources of the study. Purposive sampling, as well as stratified and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select managements at different position and sampled instructors. Questionnaires were the main data gathering instruments while unstructured interview and document analysis were employed to enrich the data gathered through questionnaires. Moreover, the collected data were analyzed quantitatively by using descriptive statistics, and qualitatively using descriptive narration. The finding of the study indicate that the educational qualification of instructors was belo;-the required minimum standard to give instruction at HEIs, which has its own effect on teaching staff research activity. Although about 74% of teaching staffs were conduct research before they were hired in the university, only 36% were conducting research after hired in the university. Teaching staffs positive altitude toward research in university and their despondency with a research practice of their university is pointed out. In addition, the services provided for those involved in research by the body that coordinates research works of the university were not suffiCient, even though the efforts made so far to muscle research capacity of the university is hopeful. The encouraging natures of top university administrators as well as institutional research policy were found to be low. Personal, Institutional, and Injrastructural challenges effect on teaching stajfi research activity was evidenced. The presence of various finding dissemination mean was enhancing the research activity of the university, while in-service research training as well as reSearch symposiums of the university is unsatisfactory. Furthermore, the research activity of the university is showing yearly progress, although what expected of teaching staffs by both national and institutional policy with regard to research is not yet accomplished. Consequently, the current status of research activity among teaching staffs of DBU was found to be unsatisfactory when it was evaluated from the point of both institutional and national policy expectation. Finally, necessary recommendations were forwarded for improving the current status of research activity among teaching staff of DBU | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/11703 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababauniversity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Activity Among Teaching Staffs | en_US |
| dc.title | The Status of Research Activity Among Teaching Staffs of Desre Sirhan University | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |