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A Study of Performance of Teacher and Non-Teacher Streams Graduates with Reference to Natural Sciences I: A Test about the Location
No full textEmpirical results of the academic performance of four batchesof graduates· from the natural science streams of the Faculty of Science.Addis Ababa University are provided. A non·parametric statistical analysisbased on the ranks of achievement of graduates in the major subjectareas as wefl as in overa/l performance was conducted. The purpose of theundertaking was to see if students from the teacher and non-teacherstreams performed differently. The results revealed against the commonlyheld bias, that there is no significant difference in the performance of thetwo categories of students in spite of the fact that those who werestreamlined into the non-teacher programmes performed better than theother group at the end of their freshman year. This was true for all batcheswho graduated in July 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998
Child Rights Advocacy in Some Schools of Addis Ababa: Could it help In Reducing the Incidence of Corporal Punishment?·
No full textCorporal punishment has been used as a means to mocilfyundesirable student behavior in Ethiopian schools for many years Althoughseveral national regulations and international conventions prohibit the lise ofcorporal punishment, it continues to occur in urban as well as rural schoolsThe present study investigated whether child riglJts advocacy in SCllools hadany effect in reducing the prevalence of corporal punishment and 117changing aNitudes of the school community. Ten principals, 28 teachers.and 168 students, who were selected from 10 elementary and Juniorsecondary schools in Addis Ababa, participated in the study The resultsshowed a reduction in the magnitude of physical punishment, and indicateda desirable change in attitudes toward corporal punishment as a result ofthe child rights advocacy. The findings further revealed some problems thathindered child rights promotion in the schools. These problems and theimplications for further intervention are discussed
Assessment of Pupils' Achievements in the Teaching of English: Training and Practice in Focus
No full textThis study explores the issue of language testing and evaluation atthe primary school level. The literature on language testing and evaluatIOn, thesyllabus and the textbooks for the training of primary school teachers havebeen consulted and studied, and a survey of the testmg situation 10 the schoolshas been carried out for this purpose. From the literature, a comprehensiveform of evaluation composed of formal and informal assessments by teachers,parents and the pupils themselves has transpired as a relatively appropriateand accurate means of judging the progress and SUCCBSS of pupils'achievement in learning English. The idea of monthly tests and the studentrecord chart in the syllabus and the textbooks of fhe teacher trainingInstitutions, as a limited indication of the use of progress tests and con/muousassessment, has been found encouraging in terms of the quality of assessmentat this level. The survey shows that primary school teachers practicecontinuous assessment, and share Bxperiences and views with colleagues IIIpreparing tests and examinations, and interpreting scores. HoweoJer, It hasemerged that although most of the teachers are certified for the job, they werenot given training in the assessment of learning achievements. Thus, while theresults of the survey point to the need for short term refresher courses forprimary school teachers, the limited evidence in ·the syllabus and textbooksexamined suggests that the acorn of the quality of assessment has been sownBut it is noted that a great deaf more is required to nurture it
Noise Annoyance Reactions of Children in Primary Schools
No full textThis survey reports annoyance reaction of primary school children to road traffic and students’ talk in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A questionnaire was used to collect data from randomly selected 2,265 children from 56 primary schools in the city. The analysis of the data showed that the children were more significantly annoyed by students’ talk than by road traffic. The analysis also revealed a significant gender difference in noise annoyance, with boys more annoyed than girls irrespective of a type of learning activity and a source of noise. Moreover, a significant difference was also observed among learning activities in road traffic annoyance, with the children more annoyed in listening than in group work and reading, and in group work than in reading. Taken together, the results of the study indicated that noise annoyance in children is significantly related to noise source, gender and type of learning activity children do at school
MAKING ENDS MEET And ... improving instruction too
No full textThere are currently in operation in Ethiopia 43 Junior and Senior Comprehenive Schools carrying on studies not normally included in the so-called "academictream ' but coming under the headings of Bu iness Education , Home Economicsor Indu trial Arts, commonly grouped together as Practical Arts Courses
