‘Study Skills for SCHOOLS’

- CONTENT AND FURTHER TESTIMONIALS

'Study Skills for Schools' course content - introduction

‘Study Skills for Schools’ gives help and guidelines on all the study problems that have been identified by learners, parents and teachers.

A comprehensive workbook is supplied to each learner at the beginning of the course.

Personalised actions are formulated by each learner for their own priority use.

'Study Skills for Schools' - content

The full list of Study Skills topics is given below. These topics have been designed and edited at the appropriate levels for the different Grades. However, the content is flexible to meet the specific needs at your school.

1. A bigger picture
   
   • The importance of effective study skills, now and in future studies
   • Awareness, choices, action, consequences
2. Positive classroom attitudes and behaviour
   
   • Creating a good learning atmosphere
3. Overall skills needed for learners to progress and succeed
   
   • Self rating, and improvement priorities for each learner
4. Left and right brain
   
   • Logical and creative sides—working with our brain
5. Working with the creative side of our brain

   Enhancing creativity

   
   
   Do you see a face of a woman or do you see a musician playing saxophone?

   
   
   • Mind pictures and ideas
   • Keywords to capture ideas, association of ideas
6. Creative mind-mapping
   
   • Creative mind-mapping procedure
   • Collecting ideas for essays and speeches
   • Selecting and organizing ideas logically
7. Enhancing creativity
   
   • Awareness of the sources of our ideas and learning
   • Seeing through ‘miracle eyes’, enhancing curiosity and a desire to learn
8. Effective reading strategy
   
   • Enhancing understanding of study material
9. Memory mind-mapping
   
   • Keywords, memory mind-map procedure
   • Revision for test/exams, speech notes
10. Classroom
    
    • Listening, positive attitude/behaviour review
11. Classroom and self-study
    
    • Affirmations, concentration
12. Self-study
    
    • The ‘pain’ and ‘pleasure’ plan, energizers
    • Homework, revision—self-rating, and individual actions
13. Planning and time management
    
    • Weekly and annual planners, use of diary
    • Improve homework and revision time management
14. Memory techniques
    
    • Memory mind-maps, mnemonics, visualizing, association
15. Test/Exam techniques
    
    • Leading up to the test/exam, managing nerves the night before
    • Caution: read instructions!
    • Planning and writing the test/exam
    • After the test/exam
16. Motivation
    
    • The numbers game, motivation lessons—self-rating, and individual priorities
    • Setting school goals, and planning improvement actions for studying effectively
    • Final thoughts for reaching potential

Methods and energisers

Our methods involve promoting learner participation, providing motivation and encouragement, and giving constructive feedback. We strive to build up positive learner attitudes towards working hard, but smart, by using the various study skills and techniques—there are significant benefits for the learners!

During the course we use ‘energisers’ every now and then. These include deep breathing, physical exercises, ‘dancing’ and singing. The learners are energized, and this enhances the more serious work thereafter.

More information on 'Study Skills for Schools'

• Each learner gets a comprehensive workbook for use during and after the workshop.
• Usually Study Skills are run for two consecutive full school mornings. Variations can of course be discussed.
• Some schools have a ‘Parents Support Program’ (for parents and children together) often on a Saturday morning. The aim is to help parents further reinforce the children’s skills at home.
• Class teachers are very welcome to attend, at no charge. They will also be given a workbook. They can thus reinforce the Study Skills techniques in the classroom.
• The Study Skills workshop costs R440 per learner in 2015, which includes the workbook. The ideal number of learners is 20-30 per class, but this is flexible.
• Should you wish to purchase the Study Skills material for your teachers to use, this would be no problem.

Study Skills for private groups

Schools cannot always arrange study skills courses. However, should any parents wish to arrange a private group of learners, that can easily be arranged. A group of learners often come from the same school, but it is no problem to have a group drawn from various schools. Just phone Linda on 083 457 7587 to discuss options.

'Study Skills for Schools' workbooks

The ‘Study Skills for Schools’ workbooks are also sold separately, for internal use within the school. Please contact Linda for more details.

Further Testimonials