The teaching profession in Zambia: myth or reality?.

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Title
en The teaching profession in Zambia: myth or reality?.
Creator
Banja, M.K.
Date
2020-05-13T11:58:05Z
Date Available
2020-05-13T11:58:05Z
Date Issued
2012
Abstract
en 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.
Identifier
en Banja, M.K. (2012). ‘The Teaching Profession in Zambia: Myth or reality’? Zambia Journal of Education. 3(2) 1-9
ISSN: 1996-3645
uri
http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/6119
Language
en en
Publisher
en School of Education, University of Zambia
Subject
en Teaching--Zambia.
Type
en Article
Item sets
The University of Zambia Collections