Study Skills

About the authors; Introduction 1. Skills for the resilient learner Peggy Murphy and Marjorie Ghisoni      1.1 Introduction      1.2 Five ways (5rs) to develop resilience for health and wellbeing      1.3 Developing resilience in everyday life      1.4 Developing resilience for lifelong learning      1.5 Developing resilience for employability      1.6 Conclusion 2. Effective time management Peggy Murphy      2.1 Introduction      2.2 Strategies to combat time-wasters      2.3 Suggested study toolkit      2.4 Conclusion 3. Reading and note-taking skills Marjorie Ghisoni      3.1 Finding the right information      3.2 Making concise notes      3.3 Writing a literature review      3.4 Conclusion 4. Skills for literature searching Seren Roberts      4.1 Introduction      4.2 Starting your literature search      4.3 What is literature?      4.4 Developing a systematic approach to literature reviewing      4.5 Conclusion 5. Skills for critical thinking Tracy Ross      5.1 Introduction      5.2 What is critical thinking?      5.3 How to think critically: a six-stage process      5.4 How does critical thinking improve resilience?      5.5 How does critical thinking improve employability?      5.6 Conclusion 6. Writing essays and reports Marjorie Ghisoni      6.1 Introduction      6.2 Begin at the beginning      6.3 Make a plan      6.4 Referencing from journals and books      6.5 Organising and composing your work      6.6 Engineering your work and writing reports      6.7 Spelling and structure      6.8 Conclusion 7. Referencing skills Helen Thomas, Jacqui Maung, Ella Turner and Paul Verlander      7.1 Referencing and academic integrity      7.2 Plagiarism      7.3 Developing a rigorous approach to referencing      7.4 Referencing      7.5 Conclusion 8. Feedback Peggy Murphy and Craig Morley      8.1 Introduction      8.2 The purpose of feedback      8.3 Feedback mindset      8.4 Feed-forward      8.5 Action-planning      8.6 Marking rubrics      8.7 What to do after you receive feedback      8.8 Conclusion 9. Reflective writing skills Marjorie Ghisoni      9.1 Introduction      9.2 Models of reflective practice      9.3 Should we follow our gut instinct?      9.4 Keeping a reflective journal      9.5 Developing reflective resilience in our everyday practice      9.6 Reflective writing, self-compassion and student resilience      9.7 Reflective writing and lifelong learning      9.8 Professional requirements for reflective practice and lifelong learning      9.9 Reflective writing for employability      9.10 Conclusion 10. Skills for teamworking Liz Lefroy      10.1 Introduction      10.2 What is a team?      10.3 Teamwork in time of change      10.4 Team role theory      10.5 The development of groups and teams      10.6 Communication and sustainable teamwork      10.7 Dealing with conflict      10.8 Resilience      10.9 Conclusion 11. Skills for presentations and public speaking Paul Jeorrett      11.1 Introduction      11.2 The 3 Ps: preparation, planning, practice      11.3 Delivering the presentation      11.4 Conclusion 12. Skills for employability in health and social care Marjorie Ghisoni      12.1 Introduction      12.2 Developing employability skills using your lifelong learning skills      12.3 Key lifelong learning skills for employability      12.4 Employability skills and professional practice      12.5 Developing resilience skills to improve your employability      12.6 Developing transferable skills for employability      12.7 Conclusion 13. Skills for the developing professional Marjorie Ghisoni      13.1 Introduction      13.2 Developing resilience as a professional      13.3 Developing employability skills in professional practice      13.4 Developing lifelong learning skills as a professional      13.4 Conclusion 14. Lifelong learning skills: future-proof your learning Peggy Murphy      14.1 What is lifelong learning?      14.2 Where does resilience fit into LLL?      14.3 Employability and lifelong learning skills      14.4 Future-proofing learning to maintain professional standards      14.5 Future-proofing learning to maintain professional registration      14.6 Combining reflective practice with a growth mindset      14.7 Conclusion Answers to chapter quizzes; Index