Promoting Capacity and Leadership for ECD in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Books & Special Issues of Journals
Pence, A., Makokoro, P., Banu Ebrahim, H. & Barry, O. (Eds.) (2023). Sankofa: appreciating the past in planning the future of early childhood education, care and development in Africa. Paris: UNESCO.
Pence, A. & Benner, A. (2015). Complexities, Capacities, Communities. Changing development narratives in early childhood education, care and development. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. Click here to download French edition.
Garcia, M., Pence, A. & Evans, J.L. (Eds.). (2008). Africa’s Future, Africa’s Challenge – Early Childhood Care in Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. (Selected as a best notable government document for 2008 by The Library Journal.) Click here to download French edition.
Pence, A. & Marfo, K. (Eds.). (2004). Capacity building for early childhood education in Africa [Special Issue]. International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice, 5(3). Chapters & Articles
Pence, A. (2019). Staying power: Remembering A. Bame Nsamenang. Journal of Psychology in Africa,29(4). pp. 328-334.
Pence, A. & Tchombe, T.M.S. (2019). In Memoriam: Augustine Bame Nsamenang. American Psychologist, 74(8), p. 989. (invited)
Pence, A. (2017). Fortuitous Invitations and Possible Ways Forward: ECD in the Majority World. In M.J. Moran, S.D. Akpovo, & R. Brookshire (Eds.). Cross-Cultural Research Methodology in Early Childhood Contexts. London: Routledge.
Mrutu, N., Rea-Dickins, P., Bakuza, F., Walli, S. & Pence, A. (2016). Beyond ABC: the complexities of Early Childhood Education in Tanzania. In V. Murphy & M. Evangelou (eds.), Early Childhood Education in English for Speakers of Other Languages. London: The British Council: 91-110.
Nyeko, J.P.T., Pence, A., & Barnes, G.E. (2015). Home environment factors and ECD exposure predict school entry and grade progression: A study from a peri-urban community in Central Uganda, Africa. International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies. Vol. 6 (4-1), p. 662-679.
Pence, A., & Ashton, E. (2015). Early Childhood research in Africa: The need for a chorus of voices. In A. Farrell & S. L. Kagan, (Eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Pence, A. (2013). Voices Less Heard: The Importance of Critical and “Indigenous” Perspectives. In P. Britto, P. Engle, & C. Super (Eds). Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and its Impact on Global Policy. Oxford U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Benner, A. & Pence, A. (2013). From e- to m-Learning: feasibility for an African-delivered tertiary program. E-Learning and Digital Media, 10 (1), pp 13-21.
Pence, A. (2011). Early childhood care and development research in Africa: Historical, conceptual and structural challenges. Child Development Perspectives, 5(2), 112-118.
Marfo, K., Pence, A., Levine, R.A., & Levine, S. (2011). Strengthening Africa’s contributions to child development research: Introduction. Child Development Perspectives, 5(2), 104-111.
Garcia, M. & Pence, A. (2010). Developing an international network to support early childhood development (ECD): Results from experience in Africa. Journal of International Cooperation in Education, 13(2), 119-137.
Pence, A. & Marfo, K. (2008). Early childhood development in Africa: Interrogating constraints of prevailing knowledge bases. International Journal of Psychology, 1-10.
Pence, A. and Nsamenang, B. (2008) A case for early childhood development in sub-Saharan Africa. Working Paper No. 51. The Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Pence, A., with Habtom, A. & Chalamanda, F. (2007). Promoting capacity in ECD – and beyond: Complementary strategies and the evolution of the ECDVU in Africa. In M. Garcia, A.R. Pence and J.L. Evans (Eds.), Africa’s Future – Africa’s Challenge.
Pence, A. (2007). UNICEF. In Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia. Westport, CN: Praeger, pp. 818,819.
Pence, A. & Hix-Small, H. (2007). Global children in the shadow of the global child. International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice, 8(1), pp. 83-100.
Pence, A. (2007). ECD and e-learning in Africa: The Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) program. E-Learning, 4(1), pp. 15-23.
Pence, A., & Schafer, J. (2006). Indigenous knowledge and early childhood development in Africa: The Early Childhood Development Virtual University. Journal for Education in International Development, 2(3), pp. 1-17. (Received a request in 2008 from Icfai University Press in India to include this article in one of their publications.)
Schacter, L., Pence, A., Zuckernick, A., & Roberts, J. (2005). Distance learning in Africa: From brain drain to brain gain. In M. Beaudoin (Ed.) Perspectives on the future of higher education in the digital age. Hauppauge N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.
Pence, A. (2004). ECD policy development and implementation in Africa. UNESCO Early Childhood and Family Policy Series, #9. Paris: UNESCO.
Pence, A., Amponsah, M., Chalamanda, R., Habtom, A., Kameka, G., & Nankunda, H. (2004). ECD Policy Development and Implementation in Africa. International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice, 5(3), pp. 13-29.
Pence, A. & Marfo, K. (2004). Capacity Building for ECD in Africa. International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice, 5(3), pp. 5-12.
Pence, A. (1979). Child Care in Two Developing Countries: Kenya and the United States. Young Children, 34(4), 49-53.