Welcome back, everybody. It is 4 a .m. Now, I
did cover in the last couple of episodes a brief
overview of pregnancy and babies and some parenting
tips for those who needed it. I will go more
in depth than those if there are requested. I
was just asked to complete those topics, so I
did. Like I said, I do take requests on my Facebook
and my Twitter, as well as the Anchor app itself.
If you have any suggestions, feel free to hit
me up. Now, like I mentioned before, it is finals
week for a lot of people, and even if it's not
for you in particular, there are still high schoolers
out there who need this advice. So today, I'm
going to cover study skills. for those who need
it and then i'll follow that up with top tips
for studying this will help you improve your
chances of learning what you need to and study
for your exams besides who likes failing exams
i know i don't so with that this brings up the
first question what are study skills study skills
are the skills you need to enable you to study
and learn more efficiently they are an important
set of transferable life skills okay I will provide
you the generic study skill advice appropriate
to learners across all disciplines and in different
life circumstances, whether full or part -time
students, those returning to education later
in life, those engaged in professional development,
and anybody else who just wishes to learn more
effectively. This is what I'm going to cover
today, and I want to make sure that you get as
much out of this as you can. Unlike my last couple
of podcasts, this one in particular has a strict...
audience at which I'm aiming this at. However,
this can help just about anybody, okay? There
are a lot of different study skills. I'm hoping
to cover them all within the next couple of days,
if not a couple of hours. I will record more
than one podcast in the next couple of days and
release them one after the other as I make them.
So, I'm going to take a short break and I'm going
to cover key points about study skills. Alright,
key points about study skills. You will develop
your own personal approach to study and learning
in a way that meets your own individual needs.
As you develop your study skills, you will develop
what works for you and what doesn't. Study skills
are not subject -specific. They are generic,
and they can be used when studying in any specific
area. You will, of course, need to understand
the concepts, theories, and ideas surrounding
your specific subject area, though. To get the
most out of your studies, however, you'll want
to develop your study skills. You need to practice
and develop your study skills. This will increase
your awareness of how you study and you'll become
more comfortable. Once you master these study
skills, you'll be beneficial throughout your
life. Study skills are not just for students.
I'm going to go ahead and say that right now.
They're not. Study skills are transferable, and
you will take them with you beyond your education
into new contexts. For example, organizational
skills, time management, prioritizing, learning
how to analyze, problem solving, and self -discipline.
That is required to remain motivated. And don't
worry, I will cover that. I will cover a lot
of these things as time goes on. Now, with that
in mind, a lot of the content that I do provide,
especially on my podcast here, are many, many,
many different life skills. And many of these
are relevant to studying as well. OK, you'll
find two types of study skills that are more
probably more prominent than others that you'll
use. One of the ones I am going to definitely
cover in the future later on is how to write
an essay and how to be an active listener. And
I did say this before that I was going to cover
how to be an active listener. So I'll probably
do that next or within the day. OK. So let's
get on with our topic. Our study skills include
the following. Getting organized to study, finding
time to study, sources of information for study
and styles of writing and so on. OK, a brief
overview of these will be as follows. Getting
organized is an important step. First step to
effective study. OK. The basic organizational
skills you need to be considered with are fundamental
skills, such as where and when to study and the
importance of developing a network of contacts
who can help you when you need it. Finding the
time to study is a basic principle of time management
with reference to study. If you manage your time
badly, then you will be less productive, which
can lead to stress and anxiety. okay and like
i said i will cover that so that you'll be able
to understand how to better prioritize okay sources
of information for study basically it's the importance
of primary secondary and territory i'm sorry
and you know basically documents how you may
source um such information especially in libraries
or online or otherwise there's different kinds
of styles of writing okay I will cover the main
style of writing that you are likely to come
across, including academic, journal, and journalistic
styles. But, for the most part, just keep this
in mind, that the style that you write in plays
an effective role. When studying, it is likely
that you will need to read a lot of information,
and you will wish to use this time effectively
as possible by developing your reading skills.
discover ways that you know you can engage with
your reading you know and form links understand
opinions and put ideas and research into perspective
okay or basically you know in short just develop
your reading skills in general okay critical
reading and reading strategies well it's basically
in a nutshell critical reading and critical thinking
um skills which are fundamental to true learning
personal development and advancement okay i'm
going to cover how to develop a personal reading
strategy and use a sq3r to help you manage your
reading okay next would be note taking learning
to take notes effectively is only important to
study uh because it in many other situations
is not really as helpful at work and in your
personal life it doesn't really help too much
except for when maybe you're cooking okay if
you have an essay it pays to carefully think
about and plan an essay and other pieces of writing
when working before you start writing in general,
okay? And as far as essay writing is concerned,
learn the processes involved in writing an essay
and other pieces of assessed work, and avoid
common mistakes and follow best practices to
help ensure that the work you produce is of high
quality. Okay? now something i will probably
cover at a later date but i will eventually cover
is how to write a thesis or a dissertation i
won't go too much into this specific one or even
give any details on it because it's a topic for
a later date okay and with that being said keep
in mind academic referencing okay learn how to
reference correctly it's vital especially if
you're a student all right you want to avoid
plagiarism as all at all possible So with that,
I bring up this question, what is a theory? As
a learner, you will be required to engage with
theory. But exactly what is a theory? A theory
is an attempt to prove and provide understanding.
There is an attempt to answer the question why
and therefore satisfy our curiosity. And then
with that, assignment finishing touches. Before
you submit your assignment for school, university,
or work, run through a series of final checks.
Avoid potential embarrassing and costly mistakes
and increase the credibility of your work if
you can help it. On that note, reflecting on
marked work. This page, this specific topic right
here. It's for students, all right? Encourages
you to, I'm going to encourage you to engage
in the feedback you receive from a marker, whether
it be your teacher or otherwise. You know, when
your work is returned to you, don't just look
at the bottom line, the mark, you know, but understand
the comments and feedback and learn from any
mistakes. While some teachers may or may not
provide these, it is really, really helpful.
And with that, learn how to revise. Revising
for examinations can be a real challenge for
many people. Learn and practice some key skills
to make your revision time as productive and
effective as possible, leaving you better prepared
for exams and tests. Keep these in mind. With
that, I'm going to go ahead and get started.
In my next podcast, we're covering the first
of all these topics that I even brought up in
the first place as far as a study skill. Okay?
And that would be tips to study and then getting
organized to study. Let's begin.