COUNSELLING FOR FUNCTIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION: A 21ST CENTURY APPROACH
Publisher: SCIENCE AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, NIGERIA
Published: 2014-06-12
Place of publication: Akure, Nigeria
Format: Paper Back
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9789785223149
Description: The book titled “Counselling for Functional and Sustainable Education: A 21st Century Approach” is a maiden edition of Science and Education Development Institute (SEDInst) intended for student, neophyte and professional counsellors, care givers, researchers and all that need help in educational, vocational and personal-social matters. Education is an informal and formal teaching and learning process aimed at improving knowledge and the development of skills from elementary to higher education. Counselling is a significant means of functionalising and sustaining education through its array of qualitative services meant to make education goals meaningful and achievable to its recipient.

The main objective of the book which is a blend of chapters on reviewed and empirical studies is to equip individuals with relevant data for subsequent researches, satisfy their personal quest for knowledge and meet their needs. The book contains a total of ten chapters that began with an introductory presentation on “Counselling for Sustainable Education: Issues in the 21st Century” and ended with “Impact of Anxiety, Self-Concept and Truancy on the Off-Task Behaviour of primary school Children in Warri Metropolis”. Each chapter, especially chapters eight to ten were carefully selected and written with accurate and appropriate literature review, methodology, discussions, findings and recommendations.

We give God all the credit for His enabling grace in making this book a reality and we deeply appreciate the privilege given to us by Mr. F. O. Abulude, the president of Science and Education Development Institute (SEDInst) in ensuring that a book chapter in counselling is accorded its apt position in the scheme of things in academic environment. The effort of meaningful scholars who contributed various chapters and authors whose materials were used that cumulated to the success of the book is also acknowledged. This edition will create possibility for subsequent editions in the realm of counselling.

Dr. (Mrs) Agbajor, Helena Tsaninomi
Editor – in – Chief
Department of Educational Psychology,
College of Education, P.M.B. 1251, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Board iii; title: Contents iv; title: Acknowledgments vi; title: Preface vii; title: CHAPTER 1 Counselling for Sustainable Education: Issues in The; title: 21st Century - Agbajor, T. Helena and Alordiah Caroline; title: Ochuko 1; title: CHAPTER 2 Adoption of Psychological Tests in Guidance and; title: Counselling: A Panacea for Educational Reform and; title: Sustainability in Nigeria - A. A. Agbaje and A. O. Agbaje 11; title: CHAPTER 3 Functional and Sustainable Education in Nigeria:; title: The 21st Century Approach - Oghiagbephan, A.D. 19; title: CHAPTER 4 Counselling for Effective Utilization of; title: Information and Communication Technology Among; title: Ekiti State Secondary School Students, Nigeria; title: - E. O. Osakinle 30; title: CHAPTER 5 Criminal Gangs in Urban Areas: A Threat to Democratic; title: Governance in Nigeria - Beetseh, Kwaghga 38; title: CHAPTER 6 Curriculum and Vocational Counselling for the; title: Management of Unemployment among Nigerian Youth:; title: Implications for Educational Reforms; title: - Olagunju, Mukaila K. O. and Adeyemi, Shade Vivian 55; title: CHAPTER 7 Guidance and Counselling Needs in the Educational; title: Programme - Edna Abibetu Abidde 70; title: CHAPTER 8 Counselling For Utilization of Information and; title: Communication Technology – Anigala, A. 79; title: CHAPTER 9 Evaluation of Continuous Assessment Practice by; title: Secondary School Teachers: Counselling Implication; title: v; title: for Functional and Sustainable Education; title: - Alordiah Caroline Ochuko and Agbajor, T. Helena 86; title: CHAPTER 10 The Impact of Anxiety, Self-Concept and Truancy; title: on Children With Off-Task Behaviour In Warri; title: Metropolis - Asamaigo, E. E 98