Staff Profile

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Shona Education
• Master of Education Degree in Shona Language & Literature
• Bachelor of Education Degree in Shona Language & Literature
• Diploma in Education –Shona & History

Research Interests:

• Language Education for National & Economic Development
• Language Policy and Planning
• Psycho &Sociolinguistics
• Culture, Gender and Human Rights Issues
• Community enhancement through Language Development

Publications:

Refereed articles & book chapters

1. Taringa Beatrice and Manyike Vivian Tintswalo (2023) Counting Cost, Ignoring Value: The Gap between Political and Linguistic Autonomy among the Ndau in Zimbabwe. Indilinga African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems. 22 (2), 167-185.
2. Taringa Beatrice and Chirongoma Sophia. 2023. Unpacking and Repackaging the Shona funeral and Post-Burial Rites in the Context of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Zimbabwe. In Religion and COVID-19 Vaccination in Zimbabwe, 2023. Journal of Religion and COVID-19 Vaccination in Zimbabwe, Taylor & Francis.
3. Taringa Beatrice and Chirongoma Sophia. 2023. Karanga-Shona Funeral and Post-Burial Rites in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Study of the VaDuma in Bikita, Zimbabwe. Journal, Zimbabwe in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Reflections, Lessons and the Future of Public Health, Publisher, Taylor & Francis, 53-70.
4. Machingura Francis and Taringa Beatrice. 2023. Johane Masowe WeChishanu and United Methodist Church Perceptions to COVID-19 Compliance Strategies. Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press S. 133–156.
5. Taringa Beatrice. 2023. Political Poetic/ Theatrical Campaigning Pieces in Indigenous Languages in Rural Communities: The Case of Bikita District in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. In Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Vol. 1: The 2023 Elections and Beyond, pp.233-253, Publisher Springer-Nature
6. Taringa Beatrice. 2022. Gender Representation in Zimbabwe Ordinary Level 2010-2015 ChiShona prescribed Literature Texts. Phil thesis, Department of Curriculum and Arts Education, University of Zimbabwe, University of Zimbabwe Publications
7. Taringa Beatrice and Chirongoma Sophia. 2022.   Socially Constructed Discourse on Chihera: Asset or Liability in Zimbabwe’s   Envisioned Gender Equal Society. Publisher Sustainable Development Goals Series, Chirongoma et.al (Eds.): Religion, Woman’s Health Rights & Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe Chapter 17, (SpringerNarture)
8. Taringa Beatrice .2021. “Saving Fish from Drowning?”: An Africana Womanist Conceptualization of Wo/Manhood and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights            (SRHR) Through Analyzing Selected ChiShona Literature Texts in S. Chirongoma, M. Manyonganise and E. Chitando (Eds.) in Religion, Women’s Health Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe, Palgrave, Mcmillan, Chapter 8, pp.145-179.
9. Taringa Beatrice. 2021. A Hermeneutical exploration of gender perceptions inherent in some selected ChiShona poetry texts prescribed for Ordinary Level secondary school learners in Zimbabwe in E. Chitando, S. Chirongoma & M.Manyonganise (Eds.) in Gendered Spaces, Religion and Migration in Zimbabwe,: Implications for Economic Development. Routledge Studies on Gender and Sexuality in Africa, Chapter 9, pp.127-145.
10. Taringa Beatrice .2019. Implications of the Wisdom Bestowed in ChiShona Oral Literature for Sustainable Economic Development in Zimbabwe, Journal of Religion and Development in Africa. Eds. Ezra Chitando, Masiiwa Ragies Gunda and Lovemore Togarasei, Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp.373-386.
11. Taringa Beatrice 2019. The Depiction of Characters in ChiShona Old World Novels. Alternation, vol.26. No 2. 2019.
12. Taringa Beatrice, Vitalis Nyawaranda and Liveson Tatira (2019). Re-Writing the Feminine Script: An Exploration of Women with Wings in ChiShona Literature Prescribed for Ordinary Level learners, Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research (ZJER), 31. No. 1. 1-13
13. Taringa Nisbert Taisekwa and Beatrice Taringa (2018). “Ndizvo Zvinoita Varume: Glorified Violence against Women in Shona Traditional Religio-Cultural Marriage Types”, Zambezia, Vol. 45. No. 1, 121-133.
14. Taringa, B. (2014). The Implications of the Portrayal of Women in Shona Proverbs for Gender Sensitive Teaching and Learning of ChiShona, The Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research (ZJER) 26 no. 3. 395-408.
15. Taringa, N.T. and B. Taringa (2014). “Cremation and the Reconceptualization of Death among the Shona in Zimbabwe: The Real Issues”, Oguntula-Laguda, D.O. (Ed), Death and Life after Death in African Philosophy and Religions A Multidisciplinary Engagement. Harare, Africa Institute for Culture, Dialogue, Peace and Tolerance Studies. 347-361.
16. Taringa, B. (2014). ”The Portrayal of Death in ChiShona Poetry: A Comparative analysis of Shumba’s (1983) Mhiramudzimu DzaVashona and Musiiwa’s (1969) Mutinhimira weDetembo”, Oguntula-Laguda, D.O. (Ed.), Death and Life after Death in African Philosophy and Religions: A Multidisciplinary Engagement. Harare, Africa Institute for Culture, Dialogue, Peace and Tolerance Studies. 277-292.
17. Taringa, Beatrice. 2020. Wailing more than the Bereaved: Afrocentric Reflections on Gender Issues in Shona Culture, Alternation 17, 1/2 2019.
18. Taringa Beatrice. 2019. Lobola and Femininity of Entrapment in ChiShona Literature, in Chitando E. and Togarasei L. (Eds.). Rethinking Lobola in Southern Africa, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan.
19. Taringa Beatrice. 2022. Sexuality in Folktales: Asset or Liability to Gender Socialization of Learners in Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe. African journals online (AJOL), HTS, Theological Studies, Vol. 79, No.3 (2023).

Conference Papers Presented

1. Taringa Beatrice. 2022. An Exploration of Shifting Responsibilities for  Higher Education Lecturers in the Education 5.0 in Context of COVID-19 at Belvedere Technical Teachers College (BTTC).
2. Beatrice Taringa and Sophia Chirongoma. 2022. A Clash of Worlds: Motherhood and Fatherhood Phenomena in Post-Colonial African Communities with Particular Reference to Zimbabwe
3. Taringa Beatrice. 2022.Sex/Sexuality in Folktales: Asset/ Liability to Gender Socialization of Learners in Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe (University of South Africa (UNISA), 24-26 July 2022).
4. Taringa Beatrice. 2022. Nexus Between Covid-19 Pandemic, Wo/Men and Social and Economic Wellbeing In Zimbabwean Communities, Arrupe Jesuit College, 2022 Philosophy Day Conference: Philosophical Reflections on Pandemics and Women in Africa, Main Conference, 17-18 November 2022, Harare, Zimbabwe, Hosted by University of Zimbabwe with Arrupe Jesuit University, Great Zimbabwe University, Catholic University of Zimbabwe, Saints John Fisher and Thomas More Seminary and University of Zambia.
5. Taringa Beatrice. 2022. Environmental Crises and Education: Education For Sustainable Development As Espoused In 2015-2022 Shona Folktale Coursebooks Prescribed For Secondary School Learners In Zimbabwe, ICER, 2022, 15^th International Conference on Educational Research, September 2^nd to 4^th 2022, at Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
6. Taringa Beatrice. 2022. An Exploration Of Shifting Responsibilities For Higher Education Lecturers In The Context Of The 4^th Industrial Revolution, Zambia, The 1^st Educational Research Association of Zambia (ERAZ) Annual Conference, Theme: The Status of

7. Education in the 21^st Century: Aligning Education to Societal Needs, Mika Convention Centre, Lusaka Taringa Beatrice. 2022. Unpacking And Repackaging Unhu/Ubuntu In The Context Of Research And Innovation Learning Area For Secondary School Pre-Service Teacher Training Programmes In Context Of Education 5.0 , Zimbabwe Open University,
8. Zimbabwe, International Conference on Heritage, Heritage, the Future of Africa and the Global Community, 14-16 September 2022, Great Zimbabwe Hotel, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
9. Taringa Beatrice & Madzore Rosemary. 2022. The Nature of Relationship Between Pre-service Teacher, School-Based Mentor, College Supervisors and External Examiners In Facilitating Career Development To Pre-Service Teachers In Zimbabwe, International Conference of New Perspectives in Education and Social Sciences, 23-24 November 2022, jointly organised by OpenED Network (Turkey) &ERRCDF (South Africa), Virtual Conference.

Appointments, Awards &Community engagement

• A Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education & Government appointed Consultant for 2015-2022 Competency Based Curriculum Review,
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDF), University of South Africa (UNISA),
• Research Fellow, Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) under the Humboldt Research Hub in Africa on Women and Pandemics, UNISA,
• Translated the legal document, Marriage and Law in Zimbabwe into the Shona version, Mutemo Newanano muZimbabwe, for Zimbabwe Human Rights Lawyers,
• Translated the Bible Reader, Purpose Driven Life into Shona version, Upenyu Hune Chinangwa, for the International Bible Society,
• Proposed the Three Dimensional Grounded Gender Representation Theory that guides the education stakeholders in developing & selecting gender sensitive instructional learning materials.
• Committee Member of the Research Group, Teaching and Learning of Indigenous Languages Education in Zimbabwe, University of Zimbabwe