Dr. Monica Zembere

Monica Zembere DR is a lecturer in the faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Bindura university of Science Education in Zimbabwe. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Education Policy from Stellenbosch University- South Africa. Her Masters from the University of Zimbabwe is in Curriculum and Arts majoring in History. Dr Monica Matavire Zembere joined Bindura University of Education in 2009 as a lecturer in the faculty of Education. She taught Educational Psychology and History of Education until 2012 when a new department of Peace and Governance was created. Since then, Dr Zembere Monica has been lecturing in courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She teaches Citizenship Education and Conflict Transformation, Peace Education and Development. At Masters level she teaches courses in International Relations. She has written and presented papers at international conferences centering on democracy and human rights and social issues. She has 16 journal publications and 4 book chapters to her credit.  She has presented papers at both local and international conferences. Her area of research interests include Democratic  Citizenship Education, Teacher education, Constitutions and education, decoloniality and social issues emanating from policy and conflicts. The following are a sample of her publications.

Publications

  1. Zembere, M. (2021) Reconceptualisation of Democratic Citizenship  Education against soc inequalities and electoral violence in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Curriculu Development and Learning Measurement (IJCDLM), 2(2),p 1-9.
  2. Zembere, M. (2021). Reimagining an African University and its implications on pedagog encounters and transformation in African Higher Education System. International Journal Research and Innovation in Social Sciences Volume 4Issuesvii July2021.
  3. Zembere, M. (2019). Decoloniality of higher education in Zimbabwe. In a book decolonization and decoloniality of Education in Africa (eds) ChikumbutsoManthalu and Yusef Waghid. Palgrave Mcmillan
  4. Zembere, M. (2020). Electoral illiteracy and democratic citizenship in Zimbabwe. Ujah Vol 3 .
  5. Zembere, M (2018). Democratic Citizenship Education Revisited in Zimbabwe. In a book African Democratic Citizenship Education Revisited: (eds) Yusef Waghid and Nuran Davids. Palgrave McMillan.
  6. Zembere, M. (2016). Exclusion and ignorance: The extent to which students with special conditions (Dyslexia and Dyscalculia) are accommodated in the public examination system in Zimbabwe. Presented at the  9th International Conference of Education Research and Innovation, Seville Spain.
  7. Zembere, M. (2016). Democratic Citizenship Education in Zimbabwe’s Higher Education System and its implications for teaching and learning. Conference organized by the National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2016 Johannesburg South Africa.
  8. Zembere, M. (2015). The Nexus between literacy rate in Zimbabwe and Constitutional Literacy in Mashonaland Central province. Zimbabwe
Faculty of Social Sciences