TITLE:
Time Management and Written Assignments in Distance Education: A Set of Communicating Vessels. A Case Study in Hellenic Open University
AUTHORS:
Rentifis Gerasimos, Karakatsani Eleni
KEYWORDS:
Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Time Management, Written Assignments
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.14 No.13,
December
27,
2023
ABSTRACT: Significant number of students
in distance education in Greece delays the completion of their courses. In many cases, courses are interrupted, even though students have tried hard enough. The question is
whether ineffective time management and lack of planning are reasons
that shape such a negative situation for
students. In this paper, we investigate the issue of time management of
the students of the Hellenic Open University during
the preparation of their written assignments. The purpose of this paper is to
investigate the perceptions of the postgraduate students of the H.O.U. as to
the usefulness of time management in the preparation of their written
assignments. Individual objectives of the work are to examine: 1) The extent to
which the students of the H.O.U. use the basic principles of time management
during the preparation of written assignments. 2) The perception of the
students of the H.O.U. about the contribution
of time management to the graded performance of written assignments. 3) The perception of H.O.U. students about training
in time management issues during the preparation of written assignments. The
methodological approach is the quantitative method and the data collection tool
is the questionnaire with closed type questions. Our sample consists of 87
postgraduate students in the Faculty of Humanities at the H.O.U. attending the courses of Adult Education. The data analysis
shows that the need for time management emerges, that proper management
leads students to the active learning process, to the delimitation of learning
goals and to the creative utilization of experiences that shape a creative
study environment. There is a relationship of communicating vessels between
time management and written assignments, since time management by students has
a positive effect on the success of their educational goals. On the contrary,
the lack of time forms conditions of pressure and stress.