This book is composed of lecture notes of the author and has the objective of helping students to comprehend the processes of human growth and development. Hence, it is in response to the felt needs and the real issues of students of the course on human growth and development at the Marist International University College. The book is thus addressed to prospective and practising teachers. The book explores developmental changes during pre-natal and post-natal stages of human development with special emphasis on the social, physical, intellectual, emotional, and moral of human development....

The responsibilities of the headteacher as manager and instructional leader are complementary for explaining what s/he does daily in directing the mission of the school towards its fulfillment. However, the two roles are often in conflict in the context of managerialism. This has led to an over-emphasis on routine administrative practices by school managers, leaving them hackneyed and with little time for the core technology of schooling, that is, teaching and learning. This book examines the day-to-day instructional leadership tasks of headteachers in primary schools. It argued that...