Learning to Learn Flashcards
What is Life-Long learning?
Is the ongoing, voluntary and self-motivate pursuit of knowledge, understanding and skill development for either personal OR professional reasons; it enhances personal development, competitiveness and employability.
What is Continuous Personal Learning?
Is about an individual engaging in ongoing learning in areas that are of interest to them, not motivated by career advancement.
What is Community Involvement?
Is the power to bring positive, measurable change to the communities around you.
What are the benefits of Community Involvement?
- Gain insight into industry specific issues
- Improve your chances of being accepted into further study
- Grow your network
- Develop team skills, communication skills, cross-cultural communication skills
What is Continual Professional Learning?
Involves the pursuit of further learning by undertaking activities and courses that directly improve your employability skills OR update currency in direct relation to your occupation.
What are examples of Formal Professional Learning?
- University studies
- Training institutions
- Professional association course
What are example of Informal Professional Learning?
- Study groups/workshops
- Peer observations
- Mentoring
- Networks
- Conferences
What are some benefits of mentoring for the mentee?
- Get introduced to key people and responsibilities
- Get shown both formal and informal workplace culture
- Have a person they can ask for advice and support
- Feedback, constructive criticism - improved job role knowledge
What are some benefits of mentoring for the mentor?
- Improves communication skills
- Builds empathy, tolerance, patience and understanding
- Opportunity to take on the role of coach OR trainer which may help career progress
- Reflection
- Professional development
What are some benefits of mentoring for the organisation?
- Improved productivity & efficiency
- More effective leaderships
- Less work for Managers in supervision/problem solving
