Study Skills
Carl Rogers wrote, “The only man who is educated is the man who has learned how to learn.”
Confucius said, “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
Both Rogers and Confucius are saying the same thing: if you want to learn anything, you must first learn how to learn.
Educationalists, Tyacke and Mendelsohn, took Confucius’s proverb a step further, “But just as there are many different kinds of rods, different kinds of bait and different fishing locations, all of which offer a variety of choices and experiences, there are different ways of learning."
You need to understand these different ways of learning so that you know how to learn and how you learn best.
In today’s world, knowing how to learn is an essential skill, not only in education, but also in the workplace.
Learning how to learn will bring many advantages to your academic learning :
Always keep in mind, "The object of learning (education) isn’t knowledge, it’s action."
These pages offer advice on various studying techniques. Choose those techniques that suit your own preferred style of studying.
Click on the button below to learn specific science skills to enhance your learning.
Confucius said, “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
Both Rogers and Confucius are saying the same thing: if you want to learn anything, you must first learn how to learn.
Educationalists, Tyacke and Mendelsohn, took Confucius’s proverb a step further, “But just as there are many different kinds of rods, different kinds of bait and different fishing locations, all of which offer a variety of choices and experiences, there are different ways of learning."
You need to understand these different ways of learning so that you know how to learn and how you learn best.
In today’s world, knowing how to learn is an essential skill, not only in education, but also in the workplace.
Learning how to learn will bring many advantages to your academic learning :
- Goals : you will achieve all of your learning goals much faster;
- Focus : you will have a clearer focus and purpose to your learning;
- Self-management : you will develop essential self-management skills. This will allow you to choose when, where and how you study best;
- Motivation : you will maintain high levels of personal motivation and be able to direct this motivation to achieving your goals;
- Independence : you will gain greater independence and confidence as a learner, through gaining a better understanding of “how you learn and how to improve your performance.” You will rely less on your teacher for your learning success and will be able to learn independently inside and outside of the classroom;
- Application : you will gain more awareness of how to apply your learning to new problems and contexts in and outside of the classroom;
- Improved performance : you will gain better reflective, strategic, analytical and creative thinking skills that strengthen your performance in all areas of your life;
- More fun! : you will have more enjoyment and less stress from your learning as you become more consciously skilled in the learning process. You will discover that learning can be great fun!
Always keep in mind, "The object of learning (education) isn’t knowledge, it’s action."
These pages offer advice on various studying techniques. Choose those techniques that suit your own preferred style of studying.
Click on the button below to learn specific science skills to enhance your learning.