| Full Name |
Darge Wole Meshesha |
| Education attended |
BA – English & Psychology, Haile Selassie University (now, Addis Ababa University), 1970MA- Psychology, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1973
PhD- Educational Psychology, Florida State University, USA, 1986 |
| Academic Rank |
Professor |
| Working for AAU |
Since 1970 |
| Administrative positions held
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Assistant Dean, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, 1981 – 83Assistant Dean, Faculty of Education, Addis Ababa University, 1989 -90.
Director, Institute of Educational Research, Addis Ababa University, 1990-93
Director, Addis Ababa University Press, September 2001- 2006 |
| Awards, recognitions and memberships |
- Canadian International Development Agency Scholarship, 1971-1973.
- Ford Foundation Scholarship, 1983-86.
- Phi Kappa Phi, Florida State University
- Editor, The Ethiopian Journal of Education, 1990-1993
- Founder & Advisor, IER-Flambeau, Bulletin of the Institute of Educational Research (IER), Addis Ababa University, 1990-1993.
- Member, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, 1994-
- Member, Editorial Board of Eastern Africa Social Science ResearchReview, 1993-
- Member, Liaison Committee of the Ethiopia Chapter of OSSREA, 2000-
- Deputy Permanent Delegate of Ethiopia to UNESCO, 2006-2011
- Certificate of Achievement, Universal Peace Federation International Leadership Conference, Seoul, 2007
- Certificate of Excellence in Research , Addis Ababa University, 2013
- Member, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, 2013-
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| Address |
Campus : Main
Building: NCR
Floor number: Third
Office room no. : 311
Office tel.: +251 1 225949
email ID: dargewolem@yahoo.com
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| Research interest |
- Development and evaluation of instructional materials and training manuals
- Cross-cultural study of student characteristics and coping methods
- Teaching-learning strategies
- Professional development of teachers
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| Publications in reputable journals |
- “Childhood Experiences in Parental Care and Later Competency: The Case of Sinkegna High School Students” The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Vol. XVII, No.2, December 1997.
- “Thwarting of Youth Aspirations: A Case Study of Factors Associated with Academic Debilitation among Ninth Graders”, Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, Vol. 19, No.1, April 1997, 43 -63.
- “The Origins, Endeavors and Demise of the Ethiopian University Service: A Look at the Evolution of an Idea,” Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, Vol. XV, No. 2, June 1999.
- “Patterns of Student Absenteeism in Addis Ababa Government Senior High Schools and Considerations for Containment”, The Ethiopian Journal ofEducation, Vol. XX, No.1, June 2000, 59 – 89
- “The Predominance of Different Sources of Stress among Teachers in Government High Schools of Addis Ababa”, The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Vol. XXII, No.1, June 2002, Pp. 1-32.
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