Background

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 1. Name of the Department: Department of Education

1.1 The Name, Email, and Telephone of the Head of Department

  • Name:- Alem Amsalu Gashe(PhD) 
  • Email:- alemamsalu96@gmail.com
  • Cell Phone:- +251993517652                                                                          

1.2 Year of launching

  • Education Department was launched in the year 2007                              

1.3 Department Vision and Mission Statements

  • Vision statement:         

  – The department of education aspires to become a premier department in producing competent and quality teachers, educational leaders, managers  and experts; research and the scholarship of its faculty; and the service it provides to the local, regional, and national educational communities.

  • Mission statements                                               

– To prepare outstanding educators, teachers, educational leaders, managers and experts;                                                                           

             – To create an intellectual environment that promotes high-quality instruction, significant research, and professional service;                 

       – To prepare professionals for diverse educational settings and contributing to educational and pedagogical knowledge through scholarly endeavors; and                                             

       – To serve our dynamic and expanding community, the catchment areas, the region, and the nation.     

2. Programs in the Department(Under and Post Graduate) and Year of Launching       

  2.1 Undergraduate Programs

  1. EDPM (Educational Planning and Management)
  • launched in the year 2009
  1. PGDSL(Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership)
  • launched in the year 2013
  1. PGDT( Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching)
  • launched in the year 2014

2.2 Post Graduate Programs

  1. School Leadership
  • launched in the year 2015
  1. Curriculum and Instruction
  • launched in the year 2018
  1. Name, Qualification and Contact Addresses of Academic  Staff

No

Name

Qualification

Contact Address

1

Dr. Alem Amsalu 

PhD  in Education and MA in Leadership and Management

Email:-alemamsalu96@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +251993517652

2

Dr. Tesfaye Abebe

PhD in curriculum and instruction

Email:-gidalewtesfaye@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +251911996353

3

Dr Molalign Tamiru

PhD in curriculum and instruction

Email:-molalign@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +251911319757

4

Gebeyehu Shiferaw

Assistant professor in Curriculum And Instruction

Email:-gebeyehushiferaw@y.mail

Cell Phone: +251911348917

5

Kibrie Tadesse

MA in  Curriculum and Instruction

Email:-kibrietadeseferede@yahoo.com

Cell Phone: +251913186326

6

Meseret Alem

MA in Educational Leadership and Management

Email:-kalkidan08meseret@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +251913186326

7

Eshetu Kibret

MA in Educational Planning  and Management

Email:-eshetukibret98@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +251911059812

8

Dr. Kelemu Zelalem

PhD in education management, inspection, planning and economics

Email:-lkelemu@yahoo.com

Cell Phone: +25123233144

9

Yoseph Meseret

MA in curriculum and instruction

Email:-

Cell Phone: +251911727597

10

Belayneh Ayalew

MA in Educational Planning  and Management

Email:-ayalewbelayneh350@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +251913975808

11

Aschale Tadege

MA in curriculum and instruction

Email:-

Cell Phone: +251911990609

12

Molla Bekalu

MA in curriculum and instruction

Email:-mbekalu2009@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +251912849344

13

Gebeyaw Teshager

MA in curriculum and instruction

Email:-gebuteshu@yahoo.com

Cell Phone: +251920781709

 4. Academic Staff Who Publish Research on Journals, the Title of the Article and the Link of Their Article.

No

Name of Academic staff

Article Title

Link

 

 

1.

 

 

Alem Amsalu Gashe

1.           Principals’ Leadership and School Success: The Direct and Mediated Impacts of Principals’ Instructional Leadership Behavior on School Success

2.           A Study on Determinants Associated with Principals Instructional Leadership Role Behavior in General Secondary Schools

3.            The Status and Causes of Secondary School Students’ Dropouts: The Case of East Gojjam Administrative Zone, Ethiopia

4.           The Role of Instructional Supervisor in Promoting Instruction, Curriculum and Staff Development: Benishangul Gumuz Regional State Metekel Zone Secondary Schools in focus

5.           Management Of Training And Development (Teaching Material )

www.ignited.in

 

 

http://rrjournals.com

 

 

http://www.ijsrp.org

 

 

DMU

 

 

http://www.more.books.de

2.

Gebeyaw Teshager

1.         Instructors’ Beliefs and Practices Of Active Learning Strategies In Dessie CTE.

2.         The Implementation Of Alternative Basic Education In The Amahra Region

3.         The Status and Causes of Secondary School Students’ Dropouts: The Case of East Gojjam Administrative Zone, Ethiopia

DMU

 

www.lap.publshing.com

 

http://www.ijsrp.org

 

3

Molalign Tamiru

 

 

4

Eshetu Kibret

1.                   1. Relationship Between Instructors Approaches      to Teaching and Students Approach to Learning and Learning Outcomes: Debre  Markos University: Ethiopia.

2.                   2. The Status and Causes of Secondary School Students’ Dropouts: The Case of East Gojjam Administrative Zone, Ethiopia.

3.                   3. Principals’ Transformational and Transactional Leadership Behavior and Teachers’ Motivation as Perceived by Teachers.

4.                   4. Article Critique entitled: “The Leadership Practices of the Dean of Combined Arms Academy”. American Journal of Educational Research and Reviews.

 

http://www.ijsrp.org

 

 

http://www.ijsrp.org

 

 

http://ijrp.org

 

 

https://escipub.com

 

5

Molla Bekalu

1.    Practices, Challenges And Opportunities Of ECCE Program Implementation In Bahir Dar City

2.                   2. The Status and Causes Of Secondary School Students’ Dropouts: The Case Of East Gojjam Administrative Zone, Ethiopia.

 

http://www.iiste.org

 

http://www.ijsrp.org

 

6

 

Aschale  Tadege

1.    Ethiopian curriculum development and implementation vis-à-vis Schwab’s signs curriculum field

3.                   2. The Status and Causes Of Secondary School Students’ Dropouts: The Case Of East Gojjam Administrative Zone, Ethiopia.

 

http://www.tandfonline.com

 

http://www.ijsrp.org

 

7

Gebeyehu Shiferaw

 

 

8

Kelemu Zelalem

Berhanu.K.Z. & Sabanci, A. (2020). Factors influencing university students’ academic achievement and strategies taken to improve their achievement: Ethiopia as a sample. Inonu University Journal of the Faculty of Education, 21(3), 1165-1180. doi: 10.17679/inuefd.559972. e-ISSN 2149-9693

Almukdad,M and Berhanu, K.Z.(2020). The opportunities, challenges and factors influencing international students’ academic performance at Akdeniz University, Turkey. European Journal of Education Studies,7,1,277-295. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3712418. ISSN  2501-1111

-Berhanu,K.Z. and Sabanci,A(2019).Factors influencing teachers’ motivation and strategies taken    to improve their motivation by principals: Ethiopia as a sample. Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Journal of Education Faculty52,237-260. DOI: 10.21764 /maeuefd.559945.  ISSN: 2146-5983

-Berhanu,K.Z., and Sabancı, A.(2017).Turkish and Ethiopian teachers’ views about students’ undesirable behaviors in the classroom and the techniques they use to cope up with: a case study. European Journal of Education Studies, 3,11,307-337. Doi: 10.5281/zenodo.106368050.

-Berhanu,K.Z.(2013). Overall perception towards the use of traditional medicine for treatment of mental disorders: the case of Arba Minch University. American Scientific Research Journal of Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 6,1, 32-52. ISSN 2313-4402

 

 

 5. Research, community services and collaboration areas to work jointly with industries and other institutions.

  • Theme 1: Quality, equity, access, and relevance of education at all levels
  • Theme 3. Educational policy, practice, leadership, management, supervision, Planning, and related issues
  • Themes 4: Teaching and learning, teaching professionalism, teacher motivation, CPD, SIP, Active learning, Assessment, inclusive education, special needs education, Action Research
  • Themes 5: Curriculum Development, Implementation and Evaluation related issues.
  • Themes 6: Nexus between school and community
  • Themes 7: The Role of ICT & Instructional Media in education
  • Themes 8: Adult and Non Formal Basic Education

 

Background

    Foundation

Institute of Education and Behavioral Science (IEBS) has its beginnings with the establishment of Department of Education in 2005/6. Psychology was also launched as unit within the Department of Education. In 2007, psychology was promoted to the level of Department.  Till 2015, both psychology and education departments had been functioning under the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. In 2016, the Senate of Debre Markos University decided to organize IEBS. Thus, IEBS was launched by consisting of Department of Education, Department of Psychology, Department of Special Needs and Inclusive Education and Department of Early Childhood Care and Education. 

In its regular, extension, and summer programs, IEBS currently runs three undergraduate (Psychology, Special Needs and Inclusive Education, and Early Childhood Care and Education), five postgraduate/ Masters (Developmental Psychology, Curriculum Studies and Instruction, School Leadership, Special Needs and Inclusive Education, and Early childhood Care and education), and one PhD (Developmental Psychology) programs. It also hosts one Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching (PGDT) and Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership (PGDSL).

IEBS planned to contribute more in the field of teaching and learning, doing research and providing community services. So as to equip new instructors with the science and art of teaching in higher institution, IEBS has been providing different training programs such as Higher Diploma Program, Induction and Pedagogical Skill training. It also offered life skills trainings for first year students.

Administration

The institute is administered by a dean. To assist the work of the Institute and the dean, three vice deans’ offices and one administrative unit are organized. These are Vice Dean, Research and Community Service coordinator and post graduate Vice Dean, and quality assurance Vice Dean.

Staff profile

Institute of Education and Behavioral Sciences has 56 academic and 10 administrative staff.  The professional qualification of academic staff consists of two associate professors, thirteen assistant professors, thirty eight second degrees and three first Degrees. Among the academic staff, 3 and 9 academic staffs were on study leave for second and third degrees, respectively. 

Academic staff qualification and their number

Qualification

Number

Remark

Associate Professor

2

 

Assistant Professor

13

10 with PhD

Second Degree (MA)

38

 

First Degree (BA)

3

 

Total

56

 

 

Vision  

  • IEBS aspires to be one of the top ten Applied Science Institutes in East Africa by 2030

IEBS Core Values

  • Quality first
  • Academic freedom
  • Spirit of innovation
  • Indigenous wisdom
  • Inclusiveness
  • Accountability
  • Internationalization
  • Social responsibility

Motto

የዕዉቀት አዉድማ ከጮቄ ማማ(Grow wiser at the water tower)

Missions

  • Prepare knowledgeable, skilled, and attitudinally mature graduates in relevant disciplines to support peace, democracy and national development that can make the country internationally competitive.
  • Promote and enhance research focusing on knowledge and technology transfer consistent with the country’s priority needs.
  • Establish a system to create and enhance institution who can be emulated as center of excellence for mission attainment and good governance.

Academic Departments and Programs

Departments

  • Department of psychology
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Special Needs and Inclusive education
  • Department of Early childhood care and Education

Programs

  • PhD in Developmental Psychology
  • MA in Developmental Psychology
  • MA in Special Needs and Inclusive Education
  • MA in Early childhood Care and education
  • MA in Curriculum Studies and Instruction
  • MA in School Leadership
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching (PGDT)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership (PGDSL)
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Special Needs and Inclusive Education
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Early childhood Care and education

Facilities

IEBS has eleven offices, six classrooms, and one store.

Partnerships and collaborations

IEBS has a tradition of working with various stakeholders so as to achieve its objectives. It has built partnerships with Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and with a number of governmental and nongovernmental organizations within the country.

  Contacts

  1. Dean of IEBS

             Dr. Tesfaye Abebe

           Tel. +251911996353

Email: gidalewtesfaye@gmail.com

           Office Location: Building 25, Room No. 110

  1. Vice Dean of IEBS

Dr. Temesgen Demissie

Tel. +251911025805

Email: temesgendem@yahoo.com

Office Location: Building 25, Room No. 109

  1. Research and Community Service coordinator and post graduate Vice Dean
    Demeke Binalf

Tel. +251913066163

Email: demeke.kirubel@gmail.com

Office Location: Building 25, Room No. 104

  1. Institutional Quality Assurance Vice Dean

Assistant Prof. Birhanu Mekuria

Tel. +251911554482

Email: birhanu1992@gmail.com

Office Location: Building 25, Room No. 105

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