Improving student satisfaction is a rewarding yet complex task. Alongside knowledge transfer, meaningful learning experiences, constructive guidance and efforts to address individual and collective needs can yield returns over the longer term. Students increasingly expect universities not only to offer up-to-date, continually developing knowledge, but also to respond to their social and individual (differentiated) needs.
We have developed an introductory study skills course to help first-year students supplement their existing study habits with modern information-processing techniques relevant to their degree programmes. The course also introduces collaborative study-group methods and shows students how to organise and sustain effective study groups independently.
Purpose of the course
To increase students’ self-awareness about learning and information processing, and to introduce techniques that make examination preparation easier, taking account of the specific features of their programmes. University students often need to process large amounts of information within a short period, which requires practice. The course can also address local oral examination formats through practical scenarios and analysis of actual examination situations.
Course format
Seminar-based teaching combining instructor-led input with interactive individual and group exercises, with an emphasis on practical application.
Key elements of the 12–24 teaching-hour course
Identifying individual learning preferences using specialist online learning-preference assessments; introducing knowledge-acquisition techniques used in comparable American and European programmes; practising group-based study in depth through experiential work; and assessing effectiveness within study groups.
Further student development workshops
- Coping skills and resilience development workshop
- Life skills development workshop
- Understanding and addressing procrastination
- Career planning (career direction and planning for the future)
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