Tertiary life and study skills
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Prepare students with future-focused skills’
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Tertiary skills checklist
Tertiary skills checklist
Consider, with the students, some of the things they will need to think about as they prepare for tertiary study.
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Maximise technologies
Maximise technologies
Ben talks about the technologies that support his learning at university.
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Support personal organisation skills
Support personal organisation skills
Personal organisation and time management are core skills at tertiary level. Introduce students to technologies and systems that students can begin using while still at school.
- Encourage students to use their mobile devices to schedule alerts and reminders for regular and novel events and task deadlines.
- Model how to make graphic organisers and flow charts to support planning and thinking.
- Explore tools such as Trello to help students structure tasks and break them into smaller manageable ones.
- Model how to sync calendars between mobile devices.
Discuss the future
Discuss the future
Students talk about their experiences of studying and adjusting to student life.
Use the video as a prompt for discussion.
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Useful resources
Useful resources
An information pamphlet for tertiary students.
Next steps
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Guide to Index of the guide: Leaving school
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