Tirusew Teffera
| Full Name | Tirussew Teferra Kidanemariam |
| Education attended | Ph.D, Humboldt University to Berlin, Germany, 1986-1990.M.A, Humboldt University to Berlin, Germany, 1984 – 1986.B.A, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1972 – 1979 |
| Academic Rank | Professor , 2001 |
| Working for AAU | since 1979 |
| Administrative positions held | Dean, College of Education and Behavioral Studies, Addis Ababa University , May , 2012-to presentDean, Faculty of Education, Addis Ababa University, 2002-2003Head, Department of Educational Psychology, 2000-2002Director, Institute of Educational Research, Addis Ababa University,1993-1996 |
| Awards, recognitions and memberships |
Addis Ababa University, 2013 Outstanding Faculty Award,UNESCO’s Laureate, Recipient of the Prestigious Jan Amos Comenius Medal Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievements in the Fields of Educational Research and Innovation, Director General UNESCO, 2008 Geneva, Switzerland.Fulbright Fellow, Senior Research Program Award for the year 2003-2004, Council for International Exchange Scholars, Washington DC 20008-3009, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 2003.Chosen for Distinguished Standing and Conferred with an Honorary Appointment to the Research Board of Advisors, The American Biographical Institute, July 2006, NC, USA.Editor-in Chief,, Journal of Education for Development, College of Education and Behavioral Studies since 2006
Advisory Board Member, Journal of the Ethiopian Teachers Association,2009 Advisory Board Member, East African Journal of Sciences, Haramaya University,2005 Advisory Board Member, Journal of Ethiopian Development, West Michigan University,2004 Associate Editor, Journal in Africa, IKO Publisher, Frankfurt,2002 Advisory Board Member,, The Ethiopian Journal of Higher Education, Addis Ababa University , Ethiopia,2005 Editorial Board Member Forum on Street Children in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa,1995, Ethiopia Regional Consulting Editor, African Journal of Special Needs Education, UNISE, Kampala, Uganda Editor, The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Institute of Educational Research, Addis Ababa University. 1993-1996 Reviewer, Open File on Inclusive Education: Support Materials for Managers and Educators; UNESCO, Inclusive Education Division, Paris |
| Address | Campus : Main Campus Building: Old Classroom Building (OCR) Floor number: 3rd Office tel.251 111 239780 Mobile: + 251 911 242546 |
| Research interests | Early development, education and intervention, special needs education , disability and development. Project areas : Responding to poverty and disability through higher education research, University of Vienna (2012-2014), Early Childhood Care and Education in Ethiopia (UNICEF,2006); Integrating Disability into the FTI Process and National Education Plan in Ethiopia (UK World Vision); State of Child Sexual Abuse in ‘Ada’a Woreda’(Save the Children Norway); Early Childhood Care and Development Interventions in Ethiopia (World Bank,1999); Situation of Child Labor in the Informal Sector in Ethiopia ( African Network for Prevention and Protection of Child Abuse and Neglect), Innovation towards Inclusive Education and Competence Building in Special Needs Education with the University of Oslo, Norway, 2001-2007, Early Childhood Education Project Evaluation Zimbabwe (Norway Save the Children); Base Line Survey on Disabilities in Ethiopia, (FINNIDA). Research Project on Early Psychosocial Development with the University of Bergen and University of Oslo, Norway, 1993-2001 |
| Publications in reputable journals | Tirussew Teferra (2006). An Overview of Inclusive Development in the Last Fifteen Years in Ethiopia. In eds. H. Salvolainen, M. Matero & H. Kokkala, When All Means All: Experiences in Three African Countries with EFA and Children with Disabilities, Hakapain Oy, Helsinki, Finland.Tirussew Teferra (2005). Disability in Ethiopia, Issues, Insights and Implications, Addis Ababa University Printing press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Odom Samuel, Tirussew Teferra & Kaul Sudha (2004). An Overview of International Approaches to Early Intervention for Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families. Journal of the Education of Young Children, 38-43. NW, Washington, DC.Tirussew Teferra (2003). Early Intervention Practices in Ethiopia. In eds. S. Odom, et al, Early Intervention Practices around the World. Baltimore: Paul Brookes Publishing, Co., Inc. USA.Tirussew Teferra (2001). Two Chapters: Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers in Ethiopia (pp 95-114) and Preventing Leaning Difficulties and Early School Drop out (pp. 115-130). In eds. P.-S., Klein, Seeds of Hope: Twelve Years of Early Intervention in Africa, Oslo: Unipub forlag, Norway.
Tirussew Teferra (2001). Gender and Disability in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, 23, 79-109, Addis Ababa University. |
