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Skills for Life
Confidence to Learn
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Course details
Course code
Q00017619Course date
Start: 16/10/24
End: 26/02/25
Number of classes
16 sessionsTutor
Allison McCleanFee range
Free to £33.60
How you'll learn
Venue
Daubeney Children's Centre/ Primary Scho103 Daubeney Road
Hackney
London
E5 0EG
Level of study
Availability
This course is for early booking only.
Course overview
Confidence to Learn Are you currently studying?
On this Confidence to Learn course, you will develop study skills that will help direct you to a more focused way of studying. If you have not studied for a long time, or worried about how to start an assignment, or manage your time, this is the course for you.
You will have the opportunity to personalise your approach to study and learning. Over the course you will find out what works best for you.
General study skills are not for a specific subject, they are skills that cover all subject areas. The study skills you will develop at this level will help as you go through each topic on the course.
To develop your study skills, you will practise a variety of tasks such as time management, active listening skills, note taking and many more. This will help you become more confident in the way you study.
Study skills are not just for this course, they can be used in a variety of ways, for example solving problems in everyday life and managing your time successfully and learning to remain focused on a task.
This course will run alongside the main course you are studying and provide you with the tools to successfully complete your studies with confidence.
The main topics that will be covered in this course will be:
• Time management– create a study timetable to help manage your course material more effectively and how best to break up your study time.
• Note Taking – learn proved methods of creating notes from your sessions that are clear and precise, which will help you remember and understand what is necessary for a better understanding of your course.
• Mind Maps – show you how to create a visual map of ideas and put together the information learned on your course.
• Teach others – you will get the opportunity to explain what you have learned to others and discover areas that need improving.
• Goal setting – you will learn how to create your own study goals after each session to help you stay o
This course is for early booking only.
Course description
On this Confidence to Learn course, you will develop study skills that will help direct you to a more focused way of studying. If you have not studied for a long time, or worried about how to start an assignment, or manage your time, this is the course for you.
You will have the opportunity to personalise your approach to study and learning. Over the course you will find out what works best for you.
General study skills are not for a specific subject, they are skills that cover all subject areas. The study skills you will develop at this level will help as you go through each topic on the course.
To develop your study skills, you will practise a variety of tasks such as time management, active listening skills, note taking and many more. This will help you become more confident in the way you study.
Study skills are not just for this course, they can be used in a variety of ways, for example solving problems in everyday life and managing your time successfully and learning to remain focused on a task.
This course will run alongside the main course you are studying and provide you with the tools to successfully complete your studies with confidence.
The main topics that will be covered in this course will be:
• Time management– create a study timetable to help manage your course material more effectively and how best to break up your study time.
• Note Taking – learn proved methods of creating notes from your sessions that are clear and precise, which will help you remember and understand what is necessary for a better understanding of your course.
• Mind Maps – show you how to create a visual map of ideas and put together the information learned on your course.
• Teach others – you will get the opportunity to explain what you have learned to others and discover areas that need improving.
• Goal setting – you will learn how to create your own study goals after each session to help you stay on track and motivated.
• Stress management- tips and techniques for managing stress to keep focused and motivated.
By the end of the course, you will feel more confident and have a better understanding of how to produce your own work at level 2
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