Associate Professor | Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Firdissa Jebessa is a distinguished educationist and researcher with extensive expertise in higher education quality and pedagogical innovation. Throughout a career spanning over three decades, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Firdissa Jebessa has held significant leadership roles, including serving as the Director General of Higher Education Research and Academic Affairs at the Ministry of Education and leading strategic planning and change management initiatives. The professional journey of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Firdissa Jebessa includes diverse experiences ranging from secondary school teaching to managing educational support departments and serving as the President of the Ethiopian Educational Researchers’ Association.
Featured Publications:
Aga, F. J. (2017). Motivating and/or de-motivating environments to do action research: The case of teachers of English as a foreign language in Ethiopian universities. Educational Action Research, 25(2), 203–222. (29 Citations)
Aga, F. J. (2009). Teachers’ roles in quality management systems at universities. Dialogue Journal, 1(1), 15–35. (11 Citations)
Aga, F. J. (2006). Quality assurance in higher education institutions: Challenges and opportunities. IER FLAMBEAU, 14(1), 29–42. (8 Citations)
Aga, F. J. (2005). Active learning versus the traditional lecture methods of teaching at higher education institutions. The Ethiopian Journal of Education, 25(1), 49–77. (6 Citations)
Jebessa, F. (2000). Impediments to do satisfactory educational research work in line with the new education and training policy. Proceedings of the National Conference on Current Issues of Educational Research, 1–15. (6 Citations)
Aga, F. J. (2023). Determinants of academic research quality: The case at three Ethiopian public universities. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 7(1), 1–10. (5 Citations)
Jebessa, F. (2017). Perceived roles of action research for the teaching quality of English as a foreign language at two Ethiopian public universities. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, 6(11), 1–12. (5 Citations)