The teaching profession in Zambia: myth or reality?.
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2012
Authors
Banja, M.K.
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School of Education, University of Zambia
Abstract
This article addresses the question of whether teaching in Zambia can be considered as a profession. Sociologists and other scholars worldwide have grappled with the question of whether or not teaching is a profession. No universally accepted This article addresses the question of whether teaching in Zambia can be considered as a profession. Sociologists and other scholars worldwide have grappled with the question of whether or not teaching is a profession. No universally accepted definition of a profession exists among social scientists. Nonetheless there does exist a combination of characteristics which are associated with professions. The article is divided into three sections. The first section examines the major characteristics of a profession. The second section evaluates the teaching fraternity in Zambia against these characteristics with focus on the factors responsible for the failure of the teaching fraternity to attain the status of a profession in Zambia. The third section suggests remedial measures considered necessary in the drive to make teaching a profession in Zambia.
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Teaching--Zambia. , College teaching as a profession. , Teaching as a profession.
Citation
Banja, M.K. (2012). ‘The Teaching Profession in Zambia: Myth or reality’? Zambia Journal of Education. 3(2) 1-9