What suggestions would you like to give to the contemporary students on how to enhance learning ?
Read! I mean everything, not just refereed articles. Read: Newspapers, Magazines, Blogs, websites, anything to keep you abreast of what is going on. Talk with those both inside and outside your field. We tend to get into a very very narrow niche and do not see the overall world outside of what is immediately in front of us. This is an information driven society. Keep aware of what is going on or you will quickly find yourself falling behind.
Read! I mean everything, not just refereed articles. Read: Newspapers, Magazines, Blogs, websites, anything to keep you abreast of what is going on. Talk with those both inside and outside your field. We tend to get into a very very narrow niche and do not see the overall world outside of what is immediately in front of us. This is an information driven society. Keep aware of what is going on or you will quickly find yourself falling behind.
To engage more in problem solving activities. To do more practicals than just reading books. By engaging in problem solving activities, they will be able to acquire skills needed for sustainable learning.
Peshal Dahal I have had a lot of very good learning experiences by being part of a small group of colleagues reading a book or an article together. We tried to meet every 2-3 weeks and chose texts according to suggestions from our small group (5 people). Peshal Dahal
Dear Peshal Dahal
Based on my own experience, I would approach the subject indirectly . I would suggest they learn a heart based meditation method as this raises their conscious awareness, increases their capacity to focus and enables them to assess their intuition. (Some of my research supports this). With these enhanced abilities they can tap into any problem in a more create way. In other words they can go beyond what is already known through reading, and touch the creative source. I resonate with Einstein when he said we cannot solve problems by using the same level (of thinking) through which they were created!
Warm regards Tina
Communication is an important skill for every modern student to master and to acquire knowledge . And participate in problem solving, which helps in acquiring the necessary skills.
Gregg W. Etter I agree with you. I have often developed my thinking through reading both fiction and non fiction very different from the field I work in. One example is the excellent book «The Pencil» by Henry Petrosky.
What suggestions would you like to give to the contemporary students on how to enhance learning ?
Read, apply & reflect. Because when you read only, you accumulate head knowledge. When you apply, you gain experience & become wiser. When you reflect, you are continuously improved.
I would suggest the following guidelines in this regard:
1) Try to " Understand " the concepts, tear it open inside out all look for the assumptions under which the properties mentioned holds and of them, which are necessary and which are sufficiency conditions, then try to understand the implications when one or more imposed assumptions are relaxed.
2) Broaden your gaze: keep an interest in developments of allied subjects to your disciplines, particularly the most fast developing sciences of the day, you may encounter one or more concepts/approaches in such disciplines that will be extremely useful in your own research/academic pursuits.
3) Keep an open mind: learn from every possible sources, and then analyze that knowledge yourself using your own scientific reasoning and thinking processes.
Experiential Learning will give a hands on learning experience for life
I agree with the sentiment expressed here by many, I would also add - question everything and seek out the answer to the question "why?" (Why was something done a certain way? why were the results surprising? why was the sample selected? why was there an error? why did it not align with literature?)
Learning can be enhanced only by motivation and interest. A suitable environment can be created matching with the interest with the learner fostering motivation propagates learning.
Dear Ashish Kumar Chaubey
your comment made me smile - it is the heart of everything we undertake in life - including inner learning also known by some as meditation on the Self. Warm regards Tina
Keep learning continuously and never rest till you know the subject thoroughly!
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