Roseline O. Olubor

This book is indeed a learner's companion. It exposes the tripartite issues of time, health and study habits management. It will acquaint the readership with the techniques and methods learners can employ to manage their time and study habits, strategies for improving learners' reading culture, the dynamism of school counselling services and how students can enjoy reading and studying. Also included in the book are the following, students' responsibilities in learning mathematics, science, and technology, effective use of the library, learners' responsibilities towards their health and the implication of time management and study habits for the health of learners. Pupils and students at all levels of the educational system will find the book useful. It will be a guide for schools, non-governmental organizations and members of the general public who intend to organize seminars for their pupils and students on effective time management, safe health practices, and positive study habits.

The book, Managing Learners' Time, Health and Study Habits, exposes critical issues concerning how parents and teachers ought to guide learners on effective time management, safe health practices and engage in positive study habits. This book will inform the readership with the techniques of time management, parents and teachers' role in learners time management, importance of school-based counseling, impact of library use in promoting good study habits and time management, how to improve learners' reading culture, health implication of effective time management, maximizing learners academic potentials in mathematics, science and technology and teachers' perspective in the teaching of English language. Issues on methods of teaching, teachers' classroom behavior and samples of lesson notes are also contents in this book. Parents and teachers will find the book useful. It will be a guide for schools who desire to organize seminars for their teachers and parents, the Ministry of Education officers and undergraduates and the general public will find the book informative.

The book, Educational Management: New Perspectives, exposes the salient and critical issues in the management of all levels of the educational sector. It will acquaint the readership with the concepts, principles, and functions of educational management. Other issues relating to discipline, record keeping, mentoring, decision making, conflict management, school climate, facilities maintenance, school supervision, unionism, management theories, personnel management, research methods, time management, and ethical issues are discussed. Also included are topics on the economics of education, accountability, demography, educational financing, educational management information system, manpower planning, politics of education, school mapping, approaches to educational planning and performance management in schools. The book has twenty-five chapters contributed by scholars drawn from tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Students and lecturers of tertiary institutions at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels including colleges of education and polytechnics will find the book useful. It will also be a guide for policymakers, educational planners, and administrators and classroom teachers.