ZIMBABWE JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SPECIAL ISSUE VOLUME 23 NUMBER 1, MARCH 2011 ISSN 1013-3445 CONTENTS 'AGAINST ALL ODDS': THE ACADEMIC 'BRAIN DRAIN'AND THE 'WALKING DEAD' IN ZIMBABWE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY Munyaradzi Mushonga and Munyaradzi Nyakudya MODERNITY AND IMPERIALISM IN AFRICAN WRITING AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON PEDAGOGY Edwin Mhandu INTERACTIVE TEACHING METHODS IN NATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES IN TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES: DEFEATING THE MYOPIA OF PATRIOTIC HISTORY AND POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY Munyaradzi Nyakudya RESURRECTING THE TEACHING OF CLASSICS IN ZIMBABWE'S SECONDARY SCHOOLS: THE IMPERATIVE FOR A NEW PARADIGM IN ZIMBABWE'S EDUCATION APPROACH Obert Bernard Mlambo IDEAL SOCIO- POLITICAL EDUCATION FOR NATION BUILDING IN A MULTI-RACIAL AND MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY Isaiah Munyiswa DELINEATING STRUCTURAL AND ETHICAL SHADES OF SPORTS ADMINISTRATION IN ZIMBABWE: A CASE STUDY OF MASHONALAND CENTRAL'S RURAL SCHOOLS. Fainos Mangena