Educational Psychology, Sociology and Special Education

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    Faith of many colours: reflections on pentecostal and charismatic challenges in Zambia.
    (Self Publication, 2009) Banja, Madalitso Khulupirika
    This book, Faith of many Colours; Reflections on Pentecostal and Charismatic Challenges in Zambia, is an attempt to present a balanced approach on many ecclesiastical issues which have been detrimental to the fundamental nature of Pentecostalism, and have affected the spiritual state of the general Pentecostal church today. My projection and presentation of this material is not intended to condemn the Pentecostal church. On the contrary it is meant to stimulate the Pentecostals to a “wake up call “ to restore the true identity of Pentecostalism, revisit its spiritual foundation and maintain its Christian qualities. This book was born out of concern at the fact that in most Pentecostal and Charismatic circles there appears to be something amiss. Regarding this Karkkainen (2007:8) records: Pentecostals are often critical of older churches' perceived complacency toward those church members who presumably live in conscious sin and yet are considered members in the church….While traditional churches may too easily dismiss this call as a Donatist bias-let alone those cases of Pentecostals' own lack of moral integrity being a far cry from their calls to holiness… Given that the majority of Pentecostal and Charismatic churches were born out of dissatisfaction with mainline churches, it appears that Pentecostal churches have over the years developed their own fundamental shortcomings worthy of attention. It is not an overstatement to say there is growing and widespread discontent and disenchantment with the state of the church among Pentecostal-charismatic believers themselves. Part of the motivation for writing this book was generated and fuelled by the consistent encouraging comments I continued to receive from Pentecostals, clergy and laity alike, regarding the truth of my concern, a concern that many of them shared with me. It became clear that I was going to speak on behalf of many within the Pentecostal and Charismatic circles. It is my hope that this book will inspire honest and spiritually meaningful debate and discussion that will result in practical steps being taken to remedy and check this apparent spiritual decline. I must mention also that the Evangelical non-Pentecostal denominations and the cultic religious movements, do criticize and regard the Pentecostal church as a Christendom who have no spiritual significance and social influence in the communities around the world. The moral and spiritual state of the Contemporary Pentecostals leaves the Pentecostal church with an ugly spiritual portrait. I do not pretend to be an expert in either Christian theology or Pentecostal history. However, inspite of this, it is my considered view that disagreement regarding issues raised in this book does not take away anything from the truth of the salient issues raised. Therefore, when all is said and done it is my prayer that the Lord God Almighty Himself gets the honour and praise for any positive impact that this book brings within the PCCs. To God be the Glory.
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    Mentoring as a quality assurance approach in the professional development of newly qualified teachers.
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2015) Banja, Madalitso Khulupirika
    The primary goals of this paper are to elucidate the grounds for the institutionalisation of mentorship of newly qualified secondary school teachers in Zambia through policy formulation.. The article draws on a range of sources, both empirical and theoretical to review briefly the concept of mentorship in general. It proceeds to discuss the purposes of mentorship. It further explores the numerous challenges confronting newly qualified teachers in Zambia as well as the benefits of mentoring newly qualified teachers. The paper concludes by advocating for training in mentorship and suggests specific strategies to help newly qualified teachers achieve effectiveness and competence and improve learner outcomes; and argues that mentorship should interest policy makers, teacher educators, teachers, newly qualified teachers, school administrators and anyone else with an interest in improving the quality and effectiveness of the school teacher.
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    Mentorship of novice lecturers at the University of Zambia and the Copperbelt University
    (School of Education, 2015) Banja, Madalitso Khulupirika; Ndhlovu, Daniel; Mulendema, Peter
    This article draws on the findings of a study conducted in 2011 to examine perceptions of lecturers towards mentorship of novice lecturers at the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University. Data were collected from 47 respondents. Two separate self-completion questionnaires, one for senior academic staff and another for novice lecturers, both with quantitative and qualitative elements, were used to the collect data. Data revealed that both the senior academic staff and novice lecturers perceived mentorship to be necessary for the professional development of novice lecturers. However, the data further revealed that the absence of policy on mentorship of novice lecturers, indifferent attitudes by senior academic staff, overrunning programme schedules encountered by both senior academic staff and novice lecturers and unwillingness by some novice lecturers to be mentored negatively affected the mentorship of novice lecturers. Those who provided mentorship did so informally on humanitarian grounds. On the basis of these findings, the study recommends that the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University should develop policy on mentorship and that mentorship be included among the duties of senior academic staff to avoid unscheduled work overloads. In so doing, the two universities might establish mentoring of novice lecturers as a norm. To achieve this the paper recommends that senior academic staff should be trained in various aspects such as purposes of mentorship, needs of novice lecturers and benefits of mentorship. Lastly, the two universities should consider making mentorship of novice lecturers count
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    The relevance and adequacy of university education to occupational demands: the case of Zambia.
    (Zango; Journal of Contemporary Issues, 2012) Banja, Madalitso Khulupirika
    This article draws on the findings of a study carried out in Zambia to establish the relevance and adequacy of university education to occupational demands. The study surveyed university graduates and their human resource managers. An analysis of primary data collected through self-completion questionnaires, and in-depth personal interviews shows that the training offered by the two universities under study was relevant to meet occupational demands. However, the article reveals that university graduates had insufficient hands-on-practical experience during their training compared to their non-university colleagues. This created an imbalance in their skills profile and caused problems of adaptability and consequently compelled employers to retrain the graduates in order to bring about specialisation and easy adaptation to their occupational demands. University graduates were perceived to possess higher technical analysis and reasoning compared to their non-university graduate colleagues. Further, the study found that there were no differences in adaptability and performance attributable to gender among both university and college graduates. The article concludes that the current training regime does not fully meet the needs of the graduates and the expectations of employers and ends with a number of specific suggestions on how to improve the practical orientation of university education.