Guest researcher: Adula Bekele Hunde

Adula Bekele Hunde is a researcher with the research group Teachers’ Professional Development and Educational Change (TEPEC). 

Personal Information

Name: Adula Bekele Hunde

Email: adulabh@uio.no

Office address:

Moltke Moes vei 35
Niels Henrik Abels hus
0851 Oslo

 

Research Group 
Teachers’ Professional Development and Educational Change (TEPEC)

Research interest
Teacher education, ICT application in education, teachers’ professional development, migration, inclusive education, and lifelong learning

Education


PhD in Education and Lifelong Learning Sciences (2015), University of Verona, Italy.

MSc. in Educational Science and Technology: Track Curriculum and Instruction (2006), University of Twente, The Netherlands

BA. in Educational Psychology (2001), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design and Performance Improvement (2023), Arizona State University.

Publications (Only UiO affiliated)

Hunde, A. B., Elstad, E., Christophersen, K.-A. A., Turmo, A., Gemeda, F. T., & Demissie, E. A. (2026). Motivational Factors Influencing Ethiopian Student Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Adopting AI in Education. Education Sciences, 16(5), 800. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16050800

Abate, M.T., Taddese, E.T. & Hunde, A.B (2026). Teachers’ perspectives on accountability in student assessment and non-achievement factors influencing their assessment practices. Discov Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-026-01499-6

Cvetkoska, Violeta; Trpeski, Predrag; Ivanovski, Igor; Peovski, Filip; Kozheski, Kristijan; Merdzan, Gunter; Babadoğan, Mustafa Cem; İmrol, Meryem Hamsi; Görür, Durmuş Ziya; Ecer, Halil; Melnyk, Sergii; Lytvynchuk, Andrii; Tereshchenko, Hanna; Anisimova, Olga; Hunde, A.B, et al (2026). Stakeholder perceptions of migration policies and investment in human capital development: expert interview evidence from policymakers, labor market organizations and social partners in North Macedonia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Ethiopia. Frontiers in Education. 10. doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1714973

Dibaba TY, Hunde AB, Faith M, Wedajo AL (2026;), "Enhancing mathematics teachers’ professional learning engagement through lesson study in secondary schools". Journal of Workplace Learning, 38(1):57-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-08-2025-0252

Eticha, M.D., Hunde, A.B. & Ketema, T. (2025). The role of a designed problem-solving method with metacognitive scaffolding on students’ conceptual change learning and teachers’ instructional practices in Biology. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 59 (102033). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.102033

Tefera, T. A., Olkaba, T.T & Hunde, A.B. (2025). Examining the perceived influence of the higher diploma program on higher education teachers’ instructional attitudes in Ethiopia. Discov Educ 4 (331)). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00768-0

Cvetkoska, V., Trpeski, P., Ivanovski, I., Peovski, F., İmrol, M. H., Babadoğan, B., Ecer, H., Görür, D. Z., Selvi, U., Hunde, A. B., et al. (2025). Comparative Analysis of Skill Shortages, Skill Mismatches, and the Threats of Migration in Labor Markets: A Sectoral Approach in North Macedonia, Türkiye, Ethiopia, and Ukraine. Social Sciences, 14(5), 294. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14050294

Hunde, A. B., Abate, M. T., & Wedajo, A. L. (2025). Lesson Study as a Tool for Improving Teachers’ Transformative Assessment Practices. SAGE Open, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251333483

Eticha, M. D., Hunde, A. B., & Ketema, T. (2025). Application of a Designed Problem-Solving Method With Metacognitive Scaffolding in Biology Instruction to Enhance Students’ Learning Motivation and Academic Achievement. Journal of Education, 205(4), 315-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574251330901

Tefera, T. A., Olkaba, T.T & Hunde, A.B. (2025). The impact of the higher diploma program in improving the learning environment in the higher education institutions of Jimma and Mattu, Ethiopia. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101326

Faro MH, Gutu TS, & Hunde A. B (2025). Major factors influencing student engagement in Ethiopian higher education institutions: Evidence from one institution. PLoS ONE 20(2): e0318731. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318731

Dibaba, T. Y., Wedajo, A. L., Maina, F., & Hunde, A. B. (2024). Improving Secondary School Mathematics Teachers’ Effective Lesson Implementation through Lesson Study. IAFOR Journal of Education, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.12.3.15

Wegari, H. G., & Hunde, A. B. (2025). Exploring the lived experience of students with partial visual impairments in Primary School at Ambo town: A phenomenological perspective. Encyclopaideia, 29(72), 29–41. https://doi.org/10.60923/issn.1825-8670/20509

 

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