{"id":9600,"date":"2016-10-12T06:43:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T13:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2016-10-12T06:43:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T13:43:33","slug":"learning-how-to-study-with-rowntree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/learning-how-to-study-with-rowntree\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning how to study with Rowntree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Learning-is-fun.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9601\" src=\"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Learning-is-fun-300x175.gif\" alt=\"Learning is fun\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This being an eminently practical book, I will write about and respond to it in a practical and transactional way. My main take-aways and notes to self from this text are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find somewhere to study. I find my environment is very important when I am reading, writing, preparing sermons, studying. I need peace and quiet and access to good coffee \u2013 and a toilet. And I need to hide the chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>Sort out library access. Being the only international student in the cohort, I cannot get access to George Fox books in the same way as the Americans. I\u2019m thinking of suing. But until then, I need to get to my local library (might also be a good work space \u2013 I know a minister who hides in the library every week) and to investigate the layout and the inter-library loan system. Otherwise, things could get very expensive.<\/li>\n<li>Plan ahead. I have a vague sense that there is a tsunami of work coming my way, and I may need to start paddling soon. I hate Excel and spreadsheets, but I need a plan, and quicker than the A-team. So I will map out the term ahead, with key assignment dates, and work back from there. This may stop me hyper-ventilating.<\/li>\n<li>Plan the next week. With a number of plates spinning merrily away now, I will take some time on a Sunday evening to plan my week ahead in more detail and to schedule in study times etc. I will make a list of things that I MUST accomplish in the coming week, and then I will sigh and watch Match of the Day.<\/li>\n<li>Use SQ3R. Just because it sounds like something out of Star Wars \u2013 and I think I already do it &#8211; nearly. I need to get better at reviewing though.<\/li>\n<li>Learn to think and write critically. Not just my usual \u201cdoes Stu look like Tommy Lee Jones?\u201d, or \u201cwhy is Chip wearing pink shorts?\u201d, but really begin to examine and question an author\u2019s thinking, premises, reasoning etc. I am still tempted at times to think \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s in a book \u2013 it must be true.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Think about my note taking and how I am going to do it. Being of the Generation X, I still lean towards \u201cproper\u201d books and pen and paper. I have to get better at electronic reading, note taking and filing etc. I am trying to zotero and using GoodReader etc. I use summary notes and mind maps, depending on what I am taking notes for.<\/li>\n<li>I have to GET ORGANISED and have a system. Otherwise I am going to drown. I do like order and think I may have Germanic blood in me, but I\u2019m too busy to get organised?!<\/li>\n<li>Do I need to keep a study journal? I am not sure. But certainly a good filing system. Did I mention I need to GET ORGANISED? And I mean those capitals.<\/li>\n<li>This is a collaborative process. Learn as much as I can from my fellow students. Fellow Sevens \u2013 I am counting on you. I know some of you are already way ahead of me! You girly swots. Yes, Chip, I\u2019m talking to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This being an eminently practical book, I will write about and respond to it in a practical and transactional way. My main take-aways and notes to self from this text are as follows: Find somewhere to study. I find my environment is very important when I am reading, writing, preparing sermons, studying. 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