PSS 3.3a Using Specialised Knowledge

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來自 The University of Sydney 的課程

Academic Skills for University Success: Capstone

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The University of Sydney

Academic Skills for University Success: Capstone

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課程 5（共 5 門，Specialization Academic Skills for University Success）

This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In the Capstone Project, you will apply the academic knowledge and skills you have learnt throughout courses 1-4 to research, write and present a project proposal that addresses a complex, real-world problem related to your field of interest and/or future study. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Apply a range of idea generation techniques 2. Apply research strategies to search, collect, select, process, and cite information 3. Use the research process to develop and critically analyse ideas 4. Apply critical thinking skills to evaluate and analyse ideas and evidence 5. Use problem-solving skills to identify gaps in knowledge and define issues 6. Develop creative and innovative solutions to real-world problems 7. Use appropriate academic genres for written texts and multi-media presentations 8. Use written and oral skills to communicate ideas effectively for academic contexts

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RESOURCES - Optional

This module is for the resources from the other courses you have studied. There is no new, or extra, material here. You do not have to watch any of this material.

PSS 3.3a Using Specialised Knowledge6:22

PSS 3.4a Problem-solving with Special Cases4:18

PSS 4.1b Learning from Other People4:39

PSS 4.2a Applying forms of Reasoning & Thinking6:49

PSS 4.2b Questioning Assumptions & Considering Alternatives4:03

PSS 4.3a Using Creative Strategies5:16

CT 3.4a Applying Systems Thinking7:30

CT 3.4b Applying Systems Thinking Expert Video4:40

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Katherine Olston
Deputy Director (Digital Learning)
University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching
Luke Alexander
Academic Literacy Instructor and MOOC Learning Instructor
Centre for English Teaching
Lydia Dutcher
Education Manager, Graduate Programs
Centre for English Teaching
Jessica Blackburn
Academic Literacy Instructor and MOOC Learning Designer
Centre for English Teaching

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>> In many problem sets at university,

you will be asked to apply knowledge that you have learned on your course.

As we have already covered in previous lessons, a key reason why problems are set

for university students to complete, is to give students practice in using

the various ideas that they have learned in their courses.

As a result, problem solving at university will require you not just

to use some of the general problem solving techniques outlined in this course.

But also use the specialized knowledge of your particular academic field.

One of the key goals of university study

is the develop expertise in a professional or academic field.

You might think that the difference between novices and

experts in a certain field is a natural talent.

A chess grand master is an expert because they have some innate talent or

genius for chess.

And amazing singers and actors get that way because they were born with it.

However, there's a large body of research showing that specific knowledge of

a particular field is what really separates an expert from a novice.

Chi, Glaser, and Farr point out that research in a number of different fields,

such as physics, clinical medical situations, and chess,

demonstrates the power of knowledge of a specific field in solving problems.

This specific knowledge and

experience with similar problem types gives experts certain advantages.

Such as the ability to detect features not seen by novices,

such as the deep structure of certain problems.

Greater ability to detect their own errors when finding solutions.

A larger range of strategies to deal with problems and

the ability to choose the most relevant one.

Greater speed at solving problems within their area of expertise.

As Bransford and Stein note,

specialized knowledge is particularly important when solving routine problems

that might be regularly encountered in a particular professional or academic field.

This means that at a university, you will need to draw upon outside sources,

such as formulas, experiments, reports, case studies or theories.

Rather than relying just on general thinking and problem solving skills.

This may involve knowledge in learned in your course, but

usually it means that you need to do some extra research.

Research is important because it gives us the background and

evidence we might need to justify our position or solution.

Using this specialized subject knowledge

will take different forms in different fields.

In the humanities and social sciences, you may need to draw on a specific theory or

set of theories to analyze a book or a film, or to address a problem.

This information is often set out in course readings and

is elaborated on in tutorials and lectures.

For example, a common problem in education is how to motivate disengaged students.

In solving this problem you would need to draw upon different theories of motivation

and published case studies that illustrate how

different people have used particular strategies.

You could then adapt these strategies for your specific circumstances.

Or use the theory as evidence and justification for a new approach.

Thus, doing your weekly readings, participating in tutorials, and

paying attention in lectures are all simple but

effective strategies for gaining specialized knowledge.

In the sciences, you may instead need to apply the correct formula, theory or

experimental method.

In maths, physics and

engineering, you will often be required to use formulas to solve problems.

Knowing what formula to use and how to use it is a form of specialized knowledge.

Again, this knowledge will be taught to you in lectures and tutorials.

And exemplified in weekly laboratories or homework problem sets.

Doing these problems will help you to gain the specialized knowledge in your field.

For longer problems, or

problems that require detailed answers, you may need to research.

And provide evidence to backup your problem solving process and the solution.

Using specialized knowledge may also mean using certain tools correctly.

Which might mean anything from specialized software in design courses

to lab equipment in the sciences or engineering.

Knowing what tools you are using and why you are using them is important.

In these cases, specialized procedural or semantic knowledge,

the how, may be just as important as the subject knowledge, the what.

So in this lesson,

we've looked at the importance of specialized knowledge to problem solving.

While at university,

we gain this specialized knowledge through our lectures, tutorials, or labs.

But we also gain this specialized knowledge through research.

Research helps you to understand and strategize the problems you will be given,

and it helps you to evaluate your solutions.

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