Management Of Childhood Institution

1. Explain key concepts in educational management.
2. Apply organizational theories to childhood institutions.
3. Analyze leadership styles and their impact.
4. Develop effective communication strategies.
5. Apply relevant management laws in childhood institutions.

13 weeks, about 42 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts of Management of Childhood Institutions

   • Unit 1: Basic Concepts · 3 hours

     Define management and educational management.. Differentiate between educational management and educational administration.. Identify childhood institutions.. Discuss theories of management..

2. Week 2Module 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts of Management of Childhood Institutions

   • Unit 2: Management of Childhood/Primary Institution · 3 hours

     Define childhood/institution.. Discuss the national policy on education in relation to primary education.. Narrate the history of primary education in Nigeria.. Explain the scope of schools management.. Identify strategies for effective management of childhood/primary institution..

3. Week 3Module 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts of Management of Childhood Institutions

   • Unit 3: The Concept and Types of Organisation · 3 hours

     Define the concept of organisation.. Identify types of organisation.. Describe organisational functions.. Discuss organisational relationships.. Explain organisational control..

4. Week 4Module 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts of Management of Childhood Institutions

   • Unit 4: Theories of Organisation · 3 hours

     Identify and explain the various theories of organisation.. Identify elements and describe key features of bureaucracy.. Critique the functions and dysfunctions of the Weberian Bureaucratic model..

5. Week 5Module 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts of Management of Childhood Institutions

   • Unit 5: The School as a Social Organization · 3 hours

     Evaluate the school as a social system.. Discuss forces that affect the school.. Identify potential conflicts in a social system.. Discuss supervision in childhood institutions.. Identify a head teacher..

6. Week 6Module 2: Power, Authority and Leadership in Primary Education

   • Unit 1: Bases of Leader Power · 3 hours

     Define the concept of power.. Identify and explain 5 sources and bases of a leader's power and influence.. Discuss the use of power in school administration..

7. Week 7Module 2: Power, Authority and Leadership in Primary Education

   • Unit 2: Authority · 3 hours

     Explain what authority means.. Outline and discuss five types of authority.. Discuss the need for rational legal authority.. Distinguish between power and authority.. Discuss justification for the use of authority.. Outline the problems of power and authority in school management and supervision..

8. Week 8Module 2: Power, Authority and Leadership in Primary Education

   • Unit 3: Leadership · 3 hours

     Define leadership.. Identify who a leader is.. Discuss effectively at least three theories of leadership.. Explain the dimensions of leadership.. Describe briefly three leadership styles and their effects on school management..

9. Week 9Module 2: Power, Authority and Leadership in Primary Education

   • Unit 4: Role of Primary School System as an Organisation · 3 hours

     Explain the primary level of education.. Outline the role of primary education as stated by the National Policy on Education.. Discuss how childhood development can be enhanced through primary education.. Outline and explain reforms in primary education in Nigeria..

10. Week 10Module 2: Power, Authority and Leadership in Primary Education

    • Unit 5: Discipline and Punishment in Childhood Schools · 3 hours

      Define discipline.. Explain the concepts associated with discipline.. Discuss some attitudes that promote discipline.. Identify programmes for the provision of opportunities for students to behave desirably.. Relate discipline to mental hygiene.. Discuss punishment in relation to its guiding principles..

11. Week 11Module 3: Motivation, Communication and other Issues in Childhood Institutions and Management

    • Unit 1: Motivation · 3 hours

      Define motivation.. Give an overview of a general model of motivation.. Discuss two content theories of motivation.. Explain the implications of theory X and theory Y.. Discuss the relationship between motivation and work performance..

12. Week 12Module 3: Motivation, Communication and other Issues in Childhood Institutions and Management

    • Unit 2: Communication in Childhood Institution · 3 hours

      Define the concept of Communication.. Discuss two theories of Communication.. Outline and explain types of communication.. Describe the communication process.. Outline the importance of communication in an organisation.. Discuss Information Communication Technology (ICT).. Outline barriers to effective communication.. State ways of improving communication..

13. Week 13Module 3: Motivation, Communication and other Issues in Childhood Institutions and Management

    • Unit 3: Establishment of Childhood Institutions and Management · 3 hours

      Explain the establishment of childhood institutions.. State the roles of government in the effective management of childhood institutions.. List the NGO's that are involved in the management of childhood institutions.. Explain the establishment of the early childhood commission.. State the functions of the commission..

    • Unit 4: Management Laws in Childhood Institutions · 3 hours

      Define the concept of law and state the purposes of education law.. Identify the sources of education law.. Outline the need for education law.. Discuss UPE laws and the UN Human Rights.. Outline the legal rights of pupils/students.. Discuss the law of primary education.. Describe the legal rights and responsibilities of parents.. Discuss the teachers and the law..