Welcome to the first post of Feeding the Curious Mind. I know that many students will be building up to end of term/end of year exams so my first few posts will provide study and exam tips and guidance which I hope students will find beneficial (lets just hope they read the posts and aren’t buried in their books). However, that’s for future posts, starting next week. Today, I want to share more about my intentions for this new series.
If there are topics you wish explored or have questions that can be answered in a post, please let me know either by leaving a comment or send me a message through the Contact Me page.
Feeding the Curious Mind’s purpose
The purpose of Feeding the Curious Mind is twofold. Firstly, to create a wealth of information for students seeking answers to questions about academic practice and study skills. Secondly, to engage in debate with students and academics on the big issues/challenges facing us today. I also hope that both students and academics will contribute reflective pieces to the series.
As an overview, we will have the following categories within this section:
I hope this series will be collaborative, with contributions from those studying and guest academics. I also invite suggestions of future topics we cover or, from students with questions they may have. In the meantime, here’s a taster of some of my earlier posts which I hope you will find interesting.
- Basic study skills
- Advanced academic skills (such as research skills)
- Assessment and exam guidance
- Student reflections, experiences & hints and tips
- Teacher/Lecturer reflections
- Trends and challenges in teaching and learning
Reflecting on what makes a great teacher: putting students first
9 Tips for understanding Assessment and Exam Questions
10 ideas to reduce wordcount in academic writing
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Looks like some good resources here. If I were still teaching, I’d recommend this series to my students.
Very nice
Thank you Vijay
Excellent blog post Brenda. My friend, I haven’t commented in a your blogs for a while, hope you still remember me, I am Mthobisi, the Handsome one😂😂, haha, just kidding but I am good looking.
Anyways, I hope your students will find some insights in this blog post and use them to excel at exams. All the best. I was once a Student myself so Yes, I know the pains of being in that position👏
Of course I remember you. Thanks for stopping by. I hope your own website/blog is thriving
It is, thanks😁🙏
Even if they don’t read…us teachers will benefit from this as we can share with our learners too.
Thanks for sharing, Brenda💫
Definitely needs to be shared. Thanks Destiny
true…at my school we generally hand out study guidelines before exams…but very basic.
these are great. sharing with my daughter too 😁
Aw thank you. You’re so sweet 😘
most welcome 🤗
Fantastic new series, Brenda! Even though I’m not an ‘official’ student, I still love and crave to learn new things. I’m sure I’ll find many words of wisdom in this series! 💞
Thanks Dawn. Working on my next post at the moment. Hopefully tomorrow
Awesome! I’m still playing catch up….so I look forward to getting to it! 💞
Me too – playing catch up. It feels never-ending, but I keep telling myself I’m getting there.
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Need to check out these posts.
Great share overall
Thanks