Doing your higher studies the right way

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How to do your higher studies

effectively

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Agenda1. Identify the objectives2. The strategy3. Pick the fitting career path4. Study effectively5. The result


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The objectives• Make you critical/rational

thinking, independent and responsible citizen

• Facilitate a professional career that provide earnings for living

• Serve the society and live a satisfied & enjoyable life


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“The world economy no longer rewards people just for what they know. Google knows everything.

The world economy rewards people for what they can do with

what they know. “


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The strategy• Identify the fitting career path• Pick the right study stream• Study smart to gain required

knowledge, competencies & skills


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The right career


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Study effectively - idea• Have decent objective(s)• Plan and manage• Study smart (& not hard)• Study and fun should not be

mutually exclusive


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“The more you understand,The less to remember & happier you are…”


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Study effectively – how?• Understanding is the key• Never loose the big context• Identify the connections between

concepts• Study in brain friendly ways

o Use mind maps effectively• Study actively

o Passively reading a note vs making a mind-map or developing a web page/program


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Seek knowledge…


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Mind maps organize knowledge


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Study effectively – how?• You are in information age..

o Use online tutorialso Read e-bookso Use YouTube

• If a picture worth thousand words, a video worth millions of pictures !

o Use online forums, social media to collaborate with others in learning


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“Teachers open the doer, but you must enter by yourself.” - Zen proverb


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Aurora Study Model


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The effectYear 3Year 2

Year 1

Confident/Relax/Happy

Less burden


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The Result


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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ Aristotle.


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What loosers do• Choose wrong career path• Picking wrong field of study• Your aim is to get mere paper

qualification• Expecting a job merely for paper

qualifications (i.e. certificates)


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Reality of loosers

Year 3

Year 2Year 1

Stress/Frustration/Fear

More Burden


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What loosers do (cont.)

• Passively collect notes etc.. during the study period and cramming only near exams

• Try to memorize more & more..• Vomit whatever memorized in the

exams• Curse the examiners etc.. till the

results comes


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Outcomes for the looser • If you manage to pass all the

hurdlesoA certificate to show off (Ego)o Tiredness/stress/frustrationoBad attitudeoMore uncertain/confused knowledgeo Lack of confidenceoGo after politicians etc.. for sympathy &

favors


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