Identifying Methodology and Research Competencies in Education Research and Opportunities for Cross-Country Collaborations

• In Event: The Significance of Collaboration in Education From a Global Stance Chair: Anders Astrup Christensen, Danish School of Education Aarhus University, Denmark, anch@edu.au.dk

Abstract

Faculty at HEIs are responsible for training the next generation of education researchers so that they are equipped to address existing and future challenges. Resource issues and access to training opportunities can interfere with graduate students’ development of research and quantitative methods skills and competencies. Two features of methodology and research capacity efforts can help meet these challenges: (1) access to research and methods training as well as software supports and resources, and (2) opportunities for collaborative engagement in meaningful and well-mentored research. We report on preliminary findings from a cross-country collaboration between Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and The Ohio State University in the US designed to strengthen students’ research capacity for both partners.

Authors

• Ann A. O'Connell, The Ohio State University

• Kassa Michael, Addis Ababa University

• Yekoyealem D. Kebede, Addis Ababa University

• Rebecca Garabed, The Ohio State University