Theory and practice of time-management in education

Abstract

In this article we have examined main theoretical approaches to time-management and practice of its development in education. Authors have demonstrated the need to focusing on theory and practice of time-management in Russia considering quickly-changing processes in the world and deficit of time. The various methodologies of time-management including tools, technics and methods were analyzed. Authors have showed stages of practical appliance of self-management. We have presented results of research about the role of student in time-management to improve the efficiency of educational process. The data, fixing amount of time that students spend on accomplishing different tasks, personal records, time of rest, analyzing statistical data were collecting by using timing. Analysis let us to define the structure of student`s life to expose priorities, the most important, effortful and time-consuming tasks (using the tool of pair comparison). Pair comparison made it possible to compare and follow the way of changes in the structure of time management of students, based on instructive conclusions from the analysis of the first week of studies. Using polls we exposed the opinions of students about their health, dynamics of changes, negatively impacting factors etc. During research we have found the ways student waste their time, we have designed methods to overcome procrastination, we have developed ways to study using personal syllabus, video projects. Using the results of the poll we have formulated basic principles of introduction of time-management into student’s life which are goal-setting, defining of priorities, timeliness, verification, balance.