AJOTE: Educational Studies in Status, Language, Gender, Culture and Society 

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AJOTE: Vol. 2. No. 2 (Summer 2012) 

 
 

Editor’s Note 
 

Dear AJOTE Readers and Contributors: 

 

Welcome to the African Journal of Teacher Education (AJOTE) Summer 2012 issue.  We are pleased 

with the interesting and diverse range of articles found in this issue.   

 

AJOTE:  Educational Studies in Status, Language, Gender, Culture and Society, Summer 2012 issue 

reflects a broad range of expertise and experience. This issue includes studies from several African 

countries and education fields.  The opening article by Oluniyi Oyeleke provides an historical 

comparison of teachers’ status within Nigeria that resonates across several other articles.  The societal 

status of education also appears in Dickson O.  Igwe’s discussion of Information and Communication 

Technologies (ICTs) and Open University systems, as well as in Ebele Okigbo’s and Amarachukwu 

Nwoye’s article on the role and status of Mathematics Education in relationship to society’s personnel 

needs.  Society and language are the focus of Thomas Walsh’s article on English programs in Tanzania 

and Sibonokuhle Ndlovu’s study on dual language use in a Zimbabwe school. Language and education 

status are also analyzed through cultural and gender paradigms as Maureen Mweru describes the role of 

children’s play toys and teacher instruction in gender socialization within Kenyan pre-schools and 

Kennedy Ongaga and Mary Ombonga explore the use of Tuseme, “Lets Speak Out,” in Kenyan Center 

of Excellence schools as a social justice theatre based methodology to empower girls and improve their 

societal and academic status. Each author paints a vivid picture of African education within his or her 

country across a range of education issues. They bring forward important and necessary conversations 

on the role of education and how to meet the various needs of its constituents, i.e. students, faculty, and 

the larger community.  

 

Upcoming AJOTE Fall 2012 and Winter 2013 issues also promise to engage and entice readers to more 

fully explore African education.  The Fall 2012 issue is scheduled for release in December 2012 and the 

Winter 2013 is scheduled for March 2013. Please share AJOTE with colleagues and friends as part of 

your commitment to increased awareness in African education. We encourage and welcome submissions 

on African education in all fields and from all regions of the continent. 

 

A sincere thank you to AJOTE’s outstanding Editorial Board, whose members diligently provide 

thorough and timely peer reviews. As we encourage authors from all education fields to submit papers 

for review, we also work to increase the range of education expertise on AJOTE’s Editorial Board.  If 

you are interested in becoming an Editorial Board member, please e-mail your request, along with your 

CV, to AJOTE at AJOTE2011@gmail.com.    

 

Sincerely, 

 

Dr. Jamaine Abidogun 

Editor-in-Chief 

Missouri State University 

Springfield, MO 

mailto:AJOTE2011@gmail.com