Nwachukwu Ololube (Ed.)
Prince Nwachukwu Ololube
is a Professor of Educational Management and Leadership in the Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in Education and Teacher Education with focus in Educational Management and Planning/Curriculum Studies from the University of Helsinki, Finland. In addition, a postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management, Masters of Education in Educational Management and Planning, and a Bachelors of Science Education in Political Science. His research focuses on institutional management and leadership in higher education, sociology of education, education effectiveness, instructional effectiveness and quality improvement, ICT in education, and research methodologies. Ololube has published over 60 articles in referred journals, 10 books, edited 14 books, presented at various international conferences, and contributed chapters to a number of books and encyclopedias. In all, Ololube has authored and/or co-authored more than two hundred (200) publications. Ololube’s publications and profile are available online at
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Peter Kpolovie (Ed.)
Peter James Kpolovie is an Associate Professor and the Acting Director of Academic Planning, Research and Control Unit, University of Port Harcourt. He is an accomplished product of University of Port Harcourt, and an expert in Psychological Testing, Educational Measurement and Evaluation. His PhD dissertation on validation and standardization of Culture Fair Intelligence Test for use in Nigeria won NUC’s Best Doctoral Thesis Award in 2002. He also won the prestigious University of Port Harcourt School of Graduate Studies’ Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence in 2007, in addition to winning the Common Wealth Scholarship in 1994. From 2003 to 2006, he successfully served in the Bayelsa State Executive Council. Peter James Kpolovie has over 35 national and more than 40 international publications in professional journals. He is a member of the Board of Editors or Team of Reviewers of a number of international journals. Some of his other publications include six groundbreaking books:
Test, Measurement and Evaluation in Education; Advanced Research Methods; Statistical Techniques for Advanced Research; Educational Reforms without Evaluation Designs: Nigeria at Risk; The Making of the United States of America: Lessons for Nigeria; and
Educational Management in Developing Economies. His research interests include use of Information and Communication Technology in education and in data analyses; educational evaluation; improvement of human learning; educational management; and test validation and standardization.
Lazarus Makewa (Ed.)
Prof. Lazarus Ndiku Makewa is an Associate Professor and Researcher in the School of Education, where he is also the Dean of the School, University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Kenya. Professor Makewa is editorial board member of several journals. His research focuses on instructional systems design, job and task analysis, learning situations and instructional models, learner characteristics, displays and communication, innovations in educational technology, educational delivery systems, assessing instructional outcomes, instructional systems development, technology leadership, institutional management and leadership, and education and teacher effectiveness and quality improvement.