AJOTE: Special Issue FALL 2014/SPRING 2015 PART I 

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AJOTE: Vol. 4 No. 1 (Fall 2014/Spring 2015) Part I 

AJOTE 

Special Issue: Fall 2014/Spring 2015 Part I 

Editor’s Note 
 

Dear AJOTE Readers and Contributors: 

 

Welcome to the African Journal of Teacher Education (AJOTE) “Special Issue: Fall 2014/Spring 2015 

Part I”.  This special issue includes articles that span a range of topics.  Due to the high volume of 

quality submissions, this is Part I of a two part AJOTE release.   

 

AJOTE:  Special Issue: Fall 2014/Spring 2015 Part I issue brings forward educational experts’ voices 

from Ethiopia, Kenya, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Uganda, USA, and Zambia. As AJOTE grows, so does 

our ability to fulfill our continental commitment to furthering education studies across Africa.  

 

Articles in this issue: 

 

Darlington  
 RESISTANCE TO WOMEN’S ETHNIC NARRATIVES IN TANZANIA: TWO PERSPECTIVES ON IDENTITY 
 

Ekwutosi & Ogbonnaya 

ADEQUACY OF MATERIAL RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UPPER BASIC 

EDUCATION BUSINESS STUDIES CURRICULUM IN EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA 

 

Gendole, Coenders, Voogt, & Pieters   

FACTORS SUPPORTING OR HINDERING CONTINUATION OF A COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING 

 

Neema-Abooki, Rukia Neema-Abooki  

 USABILITY OF COMPUTERS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA 

 

 Ochanji, Ayot, Kamina, Ondigi, & Kimemia  

 IMPROVING STUDENT TEACHING FOR QUALITY TEACHER PREPARATION: A KENYAN UNIVERSITY CASE 

 

Obiweluozor   

 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN NIGERIA, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: CRITIQUE AND A WAY  

FORWARD 

 

Stoltenkamp & Kabaka  

 COMPARISON OF SUPPORT INTERVENTIONS DURING A BLENDED COURSE FOR EDUCATORS FROM  

URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS 

    

Walubita   

 BOOK REVIEW: TEACHERS AS AGENTS OF PUPIL INDISCIPLINE, BANJA, M.K., UNIVERSITY  

 OF ZAMBIA PRESS, LUSAKA, 2013, 79 PAGES, ISBN: 978-9982-03-068-7. 



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AJOTE: Vol. 4 No. 1 (Fall 2014/Spring 2015) Part I 

 

AJOTE offers a sincere thank you to AJOTE’s readers and contributors who have patiently continued to 

support our mission while went completed an internal transition.  This transition delayed the last year of 

publication releases. Due to your outstanding support and our Editorial Board’s consistent and thorough 

peer review process, we are back in publishing mode.  

 

Thank you for your firm resolution to ensure that African education experts’ voices continue to have an 

international platform to explore and define education in all its unique configurations and contexts 

across the continent. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Professor Jamaine Abidogun 

Editor-in-Chief 

Missouri State University 

Springfield, MO