Why not I tell myself. I have never been one for doing exceptionally well with studying, therefore only ever achieving credits and distinctions. One would say "They are good results" and I guess they are - if you do not want to be an academic! However I know I can do better. What tends to let me down are a combo of things including:
- Procrastination, leaving things to the last minute
- Not a love for reading
- Exhaustion of mental processes before linking new information to existing information in order to remember it
- Not so strong on the essay writing skills
- Difficulty with translating what I am thinking into a cohesive argument or even conversation.
- Often miss interpretation of conversations, arguments etc
My last degree taught me how I learn best (Visual Kinaesthetic)however Uni's never teach a student centred approach (one that would benefit my learning style)Therefore I have to find other ways around the learning from text and customise the content to the way which I will make meaning from the learning. (Information processing)
I guess this is why I have opted to use a blog, to help me reflect and gather information together - maybe it will help with my very piss poor efforts at essay writing. (I have since learned that a creative writing style is not the way to go with these types of papers so less adjectives and more nouns and verbs. Also correct paraphrasing, quoting and referencing would be an advantage too.
Lets face it, if I want to spend my hard earned money on educating myself I at least want to top the class. :)and if I am to do this, going into the course with prior knowledge is going to help me tremendously.
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