NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
MAY/JUNE 2013 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE:                  EDA 811 (3 UNITS)                                                                        

COURSE TITLE:                 CONCEPT AND THEORIES OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING

TIME:                                    3 HOURS

ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND 3 OTHERS

1a)       i.          Justify the statement that school is an organization.

            ii.         Getzels and Guba Model to explain the origin of conflict in an organisation

b.         i.          As a school head, identify FIVE basic characteristics that could lead to conflict in

school

ii.         Suggest FIVE major strategies that could be adopted to manage conflict in school.

2a)       i.          What is the rationale for supervisory conference? Define the term decision making

  b)      Discuss the basic steps that are required to organize a successful supervisory conference.

  c).      Draw a typical Conference Report Format

3a)       i.          Explain the concept of students’ services

ii.         Itemise FIVE specific areas where school administrator can enhance students’ services

4a)    Mr. Kasali was a school principal who visited the Ministry of Education up to three times in order to obtain vital information concerning a meeting in the Ministry of Education. His colleague, Mr Chukwu was there once the same information. With this scenario, explain the concepts of efficiency and effectiveness in educational administration.

b) Briefly summarise TEN of the principles of efficiency as enunciated by Emerson.

5.   a) List TEN examples of instructional media

b) Enumerate FIVE practices that can lead to improvement in the use of instructional materials.

c) Describe the basic criteria for the selection of instructional materials.