PSS 4.1b Learning from Other People

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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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We do a lot of group work in physics and

that's an important skill on several levels.

Part of it is just the ability to work with other people.

But there's also the point that participating in a group

is the best way of learning.

It's very easy if you have three or four people solving a problem.

To be the one who just sits back and let's other people think about it.

And maybe you'll be taking notes and thinking that you're learning.

But it's not the same as jumping right in and saying why don't we try this?

Or what happens if we do that?

Yes, you'll be wrong sometimes but being wrong and learning from your mistakes.

Particularly in the company of your peers and

other people who are learning the same time.

Again, it's a very good skill to have, to be able to participate

in the formation of knowledge which is part of what we are trying to teach you.

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>> So in the business field, not of actual practice when you go and

work happens in groups, right?

In teams.

And that's one of the skills we tried to developed within the university setup.

So many of the marketing subjects for example,

have group work where you have to solve the problem.

And one of the interesting kind of anecdotal evidence that I have about group

work or what makes particular groups better than others.

What I found was groups that had diverse cultures seem to perform better

in coming up with the solution.

Only because they had to defend their

position against a position that may be far away from themselves.

So by defending the position, they got to know the theory and

we're able to translate the theory into practice.

So what I would really challenge you to do is don't be shy of making friends and

also group work with people from different countries.

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So again, I would suggest that having diverse opinions and debating is a friend.

Because at the end of the day, you're trying to come up with the best and

most effective solution to your problem.

And I believe debate allows you to communicate very diverse views and

sometimes totally opposing views.

So therefore,

you get a very broad understanding of all the potential solutions.

And at the same time, you're able to solidify your own argument.

So therefore, it's really critical that you allow for

debate and do not see debate as a constraint.

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>> I encourage this in my classes, not all lectures do.

But often I tell the students you must discuss outside of the class,

you need to do things in pairs.

For example in my class is one of the main questions is about grammar,

they need to know English grammar.

Now the international students often know English grammar perfectly.

The background Australian language speakers

often know how to use the language but don't know what a verb is.

And so I usually get them together and say go and

have a coffee, talk about this assignment.

Work it out together, do it in groups.

In other subjects, it's really important.

And I give my students,

I give them often skills on how to meet up with other people.

I say when you go into a lecture, look at someone you'd like to talk to, go and

sit next to them.

Start chatting before the lecture, do you know what's happening?

And then at the end of it,

you just have to say something like that was really difficult.

Look, I'm going for a coffee, would you like to come with me?

It's the best place and way to break the ice and

I noticed that once the students have made a friend or two or three.

Then they start talking with them and discussing the issues.

To me, it's through discussion with the others that they really get to understand.

Because you know yourself, you can read an article and it's hard to remember it.

If you can read an article, then talk to your dog,

someone in the house, even if they don't understand it, you remember it.

So it's that talking with other students that's so important.

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