Aytaged
Greener Journal of Educational Research Vol. 2 (3), pp. 027-041, October 2012
ISSN: 2276-7789
Research Paper
Manuscript Number:08211249
Continuous Professional Development Program for Higher Education Academics in Ethiopia. Views, Perceived Needed Competencies and Organization in Focus
Aytaged Sisay Zeleke
Adjunct instructor at Delaware State University, USA.
Email: aytagedz @ yahoo.com; Cell phone: 18484691574
Abstract:
This paper is aimed at
describing and exploring staff development issues in
Ethiopian higher education. The principal research question
of the study reads as how do the academic staff, view the
need of short term continuous professional development
trainings and how they prefer such trainings to be organized
in Ethiopian higher education?
To respond to this question, open and close
ended questionnaires, interviews, documents and literature
review were used as data collection instruments. The data
was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative approaches.
The findings of the study, has shown that
academic staff have mixed opinions about the need for short
term continuous professional development trainings. However,
the study identified the perceived needs of academic staff
that might be considered while organizing staff development
programs that focus on teaching and research. It also
revealed what competencies, academic staff need to develop
continuously in their teaching and research roles .It has
also identified, why academic staff prefer professional
development trainings to be organized in terms of the
structure, modes of delivery, training providers, site,
time, follow up, reward and recognition, and necessary
conditions.
Besides, the paper has provided some
suggestions that may sustain the existence and quality of
staff development programs/trainings. The issues suggested
are related to, giving due recognition to staff development
activities, providing professional development for all,
budget, inclusive of monitoring and evaluation. Comparative
study and comprehensive needs assessment on a large scale on
the issue under focus are identified, as possible future
research agenda.
Keywords: Professional development, training needs,
higher education.
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