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Raising a new Generation of Leaders

ENTREPRENEURIAL
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT

ed Dr. M.E.I OGBARI
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lecture students should be able to:
• Understand the concept of time management
• Implement such concept in an activity
• Recognize some facts and principles of time management
• Overcome challenges to time management
• Develop effective time management skillsprinciples of time management
• Overcome challenges to time management
• Develop effective time management skills

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WHAT IS TIME MANAGEMENT?
The predictable control an individual can exercise
over a series of events.
Time Management refers to managing time
effectively so that the right time is allocated to the
right activity.
Conscious preservation of your life and Destiny by
avoiding waste of time
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Why Is It Necessary?

What does “Time”

Management do
for your study
and destiny ?

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ESSENCE OF TIME MANAGEMENT
• To save time and rescue our destiny from reproach
• To reduce stress and chronic health disorders
• To function effectively
• To increase our study/work output
• To have more control over our class/responsibilities.
• ( SELF-DISCIPLINED)
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 WATCH OUT!!!
Handing in work late
Submitting work that is not up to expected standard
Forgetting assignments/commitments
Finding that you often don’t have enough time to complete a task
Making excuses for why work is not done
Having to let go of activities you enjoy because of a lack of time or
low grades
Asking teachers for extensions regularly on submitting your work
Your grades don’t reflect your true ability

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 BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF TIME
Time is like money
Time lost cannot be regained, i.e once it is
gone, it is gone.
It can be managed/ not store. (a stich in time
saves nine)
It is cumulative.
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 BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF TIME
Time IS money
 Time is the basic currency in education, like money time needs to
be managed in order to have an efficient and effective educational
pursuit.
 The most precious educational resource.
 Converts directly into student learning.
 The amount you have depends on your management

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 TWO ELEMENTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME
• Allocated time: time allocated for school over all,
including nonacademic/leisure activities.
• Actual time: time spent on academic activities

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 LEVELS OF ALLOCATED TIME
• School time: amount of time students are in school
• Factors: length of day, student absences
• Class time: amount of time students are in the classroom
• Factors: Lunch, recess
• Instructional time: amount of time in which students are engaged in
instructional activities
• Factors: organizational activities, interruptions

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 ACTUAL TIME
The way in which instructional time is actually used regardless of plans or
intentions.
Variables affecting actual time:
• Start and stop times
• Transition times
• Time on-task
• Opportunities to respond (OTR)
• Matching student ability
• Interruptions

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 WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU
• You must make the most of every minute and squeeze
as many minutes as possible out of the day,
because…

• There is a very strong correlation between time used

in school and student learning.

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 TIME WASTERS AND ROBBERS
• Internal (Easy to control)
 Inability to concentrate
 Indecision
 Frustration
 Procrastination
 Lack of overall objective

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External(Hard to control…but you
can)

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E-MAILS

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FACEBOOK

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TELEVISION

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NOISE AND DISTRACTIONS

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I CA NOT ABLE TO SAY NO SAY NO

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iPhones, iPods, and iPads

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 HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME
• Effective Time planner
• Minimize the amount of nonacademic time YOU spend
in school
• Setting goals and objectives
• Decrease the number of behaviour problems that occur
during unstructured time.
• Use a timer
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HOW TIME IS USED

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 Helpful techniques for time
management
• Plan to study two hours for every hour you spend in class
• Study difficult subjects first
• Avoid marathon studying
• Know your best study time
• Have a regular study area
• Minimize distractions
• Do no get too comfortable
• Agree with roommates about study times
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ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

Be your own judge and

your own motivator,
Make Time
Management
your tool for
success.

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MANAGE YOUR TIME & KEEP
SMILING…

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THANKS FOR LISTENING

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Question ???

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