Learning Strategies Final Session Summary of Module

The importance of reading:

The Merits of Reading:

Depth Understanding Self-awareness Leadership Subtlety Vocabulary Mental Exercise

Kolbs Learning Cycle (1984):

Northedges Version:
1. Planning: Plan your next study episode, taking into account how you learn best. 2. Implement your plan 3. Reflect on what worked and what didnt 4. Think about how you learn.
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Active Learning:
Annotating texts rather than merely reading them: creative destruction Using all the resources of a text: contents lists, sub-headings, indices Non-linear reading Taking notes and summarising Using diagrams [mention religion diagram]

Sources of Information:
Books (text books, academic research, popular non-fiction) Journal articles Newspapers The internet Radio Television

The importance of critical thinking:

Arguing badly: Generalising, Arguing from personal experience, Ad Hominem arguments (against the person), causal fallacy, Democratic fallacy,

Arguing well: The importance of logic and reasoning: deductive and inductive. The importance of evidence, the importance of looking at alternative views.

Practice the four forms of communication:

Writing Reading Speaking Listening