Lifelong learning
Self-management and study skills are the most individual skills to develop.
It is your responsibility to develop them, which does not mean that
you should forgo the support of tutors or peers. The most important
yardstick for measuring your performance in study skills and self-management
is their effect on the other skills in the Skill Circle. It takes considerable
time and critical self-diagnosis to develop study and self-management
skills. They are a mixture of input and output categories.
Your aims and priorities change over time, as you reach higher levels
of understanding and skill proficiency. The challenge of lifelong (self-managed)
learning is to continuously trigger cycles of so-called generative or
‘double-looped’ learning. This requires that you be prepared
to go through the reflective cycle of lifelong learning, and that you
always take into account five basic principles that apply when you want
to make your study part of a continuous learning cycle.
1. Assume responsibility for your own learning.
2. Be active and intrapreneurial.
3. Dare to put yourself in the discomfort zone.
4. Create your own learning environment – participate in extracurricular
activities.
5. Generate as much relevant feedback as possible: get a coach or tutor.
