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  • Hello, and welcome to this Study Smarter screencast about how to manage your time and study here

  • at UWA. In this screencast we will give you tips to help you organise your time and study

  • more effectively, so you can get more things done, and maintain a good balance between

  • work and leisure. As Eisenhower once noted, even the best laid

  • plans sometimes go astray. But knowing how to plan effectively is an important life skill,

  • and as a student it will be essential to succeeding in your studies.

  • Leaving everything to the last minute might be tempting, but putting things off will only

  • cause you more stress and worry down the track. If you have a plan, you will feel more confident

  • and relaxed about everything up ahead, which means you'll be able to enjoy your time at

  • uni a lot more. So here are Study Smarter's top 3 tips for

  • managing your time and study at university. First, you need to step back and set goals.

  • Then you can start to prioritise and make plans. And finally, you need to work and persist

  • at it, because plans are no good unless you can put them in to practice!

  • Let's start with stepping back and setting goals.

  • Have you ever heard the story of the blind men and the elephant? Once upon a time, there

  • lived four blind men in a village. One day they heard about an elephant that had appeared

  • in the village, but they had no idea what an elephant was. They decided to go and find

  • out. When they got there, each one of them touched the elephant to see what it felt like.

  • "Oh I see- the elephant is like a large fan" said the first man, who touched the ear of

  • the elephant. No it's not! It is like a pillar," said the

  • second man, who touched its leg. "Actually, it's more like a rope," said the

  • third man, who was touching the tail. "You're all wrong. It is like a water spout,"

  • said the last man, who felt the trunk of the elephant.

  • They began to argue about the elephant and each insisted that he was right. A wise man

  • was passing by and he saw this. He stopped and asked them, "What is the matter?" They

  • said, "We cannot agree about what the elephant is like."

  • And the wise man calmly explained to them, "All of you are right. The reason every one

  • of you is telling it differently because each one of you touched the different part of the

  • elephant, and so experienced something different." And they finally understood.

  • The point of this story is that often you need to see things as a whole in order to

  • understand them properly, as seeing them as segmented parts can lead to misunderstanding.

  • And this is a good way of approaching time management too- instead of diving right in

  • and trying to sort out the smaller details, you should start by looking at the bigger

  • picture. So how can you step back and look at the bigger

  • picture here at university? You need to set some goals. To do this, write down a time

  • period, such as a semester, in the middle of a piece of paper. Then, jot down key words

  • to represent the major components of your life. For example, you might choose study,

  • work, friends, home and health. Your next step will be to set some goals.

  • A good way to think of goals is by using the ĹSMART' principle. Smart goals are specific,

  • and have a clear purpose. They are measurable and can be checked. They are achievable, and

  • don't have too large a scope. They're realistic, and based on the available time. And they're

  • timely, which means they are prioritised and relevant. Setting a goal to be a billionaire

  • by the age of 25 might not be very realistic, and setting a vague goal like ĹBeing happy'

  • can also be quite difficult to measure. So keeping this in mind, you need to write

  • down some goals that you have for each of the areas you have chosen. Remember, they

  • should relate to the specific time period. For example, if you're planning goals for

  • your very first semester of uni, one of those goals wouldn't be Ĺto graduate top of your

  • class'! Now you have some goals to aim for, you can

  • start to think about the specific strategies you might use to achieve these goals. For

  • example, if you had a goal to get high marks in all four of your units, then your strategy

  • might be to make sure you are studying the recommended 40 hours a week. Coming up with

  • strategies helps to make your goals seem more achievable, and gives you an outline of all

  • the actions you will need to put in place in order to succeed.

  • Pause this screencast and take a minute or two to plan out your own goals for this semester.

  • What are you hoping to achieve, and what strategies will you use to get there?

  • Now you have stepped back and looked at the big picture, it's time to start working out

  • the details. Our next top tip is to prioritise and plan. By learning how to prioritise and

  • plan out the time that you have, you will ensure that the most important stuff gets

  • done and you don't spend too much time on things that are less important.

  • Your first step is to gather your planning tools. In order to succeed at university,

  • you need to have good organisational tools. You can use a diary, a calendar, or even an

  • app on your phone to help you plan things. Most students at UWA use their Guild diary

  • as it outlines all the important days in semester, including the exam period and the study break.

  • A wall planner is a good tool for helping you look at everything all together. UWA students

  • can get a free wall planner from the Co-op bookshop on the Crawley Campus at UWA, so

  • make sure you pick yours up if you haven't already. Put it above your desk or your computer,

  • or wherever you can refer to it easily and often.

  • On your wall planner, you should mark down important events such as assignments that

  • are due, exams, university holidays, and any other things that you want to keep track of.

  • Use colour coding or marks to help you sort different events so that you can easily see

  • them at a glance. Once you've filled in your planner, you can start to identify when the

  • busy times and the quieter times will be, and you can plan ahead accordingly.

  • Another really important skill for managing your time is learning how to prioritise. Make

  • three columns on a piece of paper with the headings ĹHigh', ĹMedium' and ĹLow'. Now,

  • sort your tasks according to how much of a priority they are. Something might be a priority

  • because it is coming up soon, or because it is important, for example, an assignment that

  • is worth 40% of your mark. You can then put the highest priority tasks in to your planner

  • first, and use the leftover time to get anything else done.

  • Another good method of managing your time, especially in relation to a specific task,

  • is called Ĺchunking'. This means breaking down a task into components. For example,

  • if you had to write an essay, you would need to do some research, brainstorm your ideas,

  • plan out your structure, draft your essay, fix your references and revise and edit it.

  • Once you've broken down your task into these manageable chunks, you need to work out when

  • to complete each part by. An easy way to do this is to work backwards from your due date.

  • If you know your essay is due in week 12 and you have 6 weeks to work on it, you can set

  • a weekly deadline for each task. This will keep you on track, and make sure that you're

  • not leaving everything to the last minute. Do you want to know an easy way to do this?

  • Study Smarter has developed a tool to help UWA students plan out their assignment study

  • easily and quickly. Simply go to the Study Smarter website at this address, and clickon

  • the button that says ĹStudy Smarter Assignment Calculator'.

  • Then, all you need to do is type the due date of your assignment into the box at the top

  • of the pageů. And you'll get your own personalised study

  • plan, telling you all the steps you need to take, approximately how much time you should

  • be spending on each step, and when you need to get things done by! You can then email

  • the plan to yourself, or to your group if you are working on a group assignment. You

  • can also add the Study Smarter assignment calculator as an app on your mobile device,

  • so you can keep track of things on the go. Now you've looked at the big picture and worked

  • out the smaller details, there is one final step, and that is to keep working at it and

  • persisting. Hal Borland once said ôôKnowing trees, I

  • understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistencePatience

  • and persistence are both important traits when it comes to time management, but there's

  • a difference between them. Patience is passive, whereas persistence is active. So being persistent

  • means you need to keep making the effort to put these techniques into practice, even if

  • obstacles occur or you can't see rewards immediately. A really important thing aspect of persistence

  • is knowing yourself- how you work, what your strengths and weaknesses are, what you are

  • good at and not so good at. Strategies that work for your friends might not work for you,

  • while other strategies might be much more suited to the way you work, and it's a good

  • idea to take this into account. There is no point trying to force yourself to do things

  • which aren't suited for you (although it's always good to try new things at least once

  • or twice, as you never know what might work for you!).

  • Some practical tips for getting your work done can be as simple as focusing on one thing

  • at a time, setting out regular study hours and sticking to them each week, removing yourself

  • from things that might distract you such as email or your phone, and delaying saying yes

  • or no to things if you're not sure whether you will be able to fit them in.

  • Procrastination is often a problem for students, and it can lead to what we call the procrastination

  • cycle. The procrastination cycle is when you're worried or stressed about the amount of work

  • you have to do, so you avoid doing it. This then increases your worry, which leads to

  • more avoidance, and so on and so on. It's not a good cycle to get into, which is why

  • having effective time management practices is so important. If you have a tendency to

  • procrastinate, then try to identify the triggers and come up with creative solutions. If you

  • can't stop checking your phone, then put it somewhere on the other side of the house.

  • If you get distracted by Facebook, ask your flatmates to change the wifi password during

  • your study period! Ok, so let's summarise some of the things

  • that you can do to help you manage your time and study effectively. Remember to always

  • prioritise, in order to sort the important tasks from the less important ones. Plan tasks

  • out backwards, and use the Study Smarter Assignment calculator to help you do this for assignments.

  • Put the most important tasks in your planner first. Be realistic about what you can get

  • done in a certain timeframe. Allow yourself a bit of wiggle room, as things don't always

  • go exactly as you plan them to. Know when you need to say Ĺno', and practise doing

  • it. Try to combat the idea that everything needs to be 100% perfect, as this can often

  • increase stress and anxiety and lead to procrastination or avoidance. And finally, know your own strengths

  • and weaknesses, and find strategies and techniques that work for you.

  • We hope you've enjoyed this Study Smarter screencast. Remember, you can manage your

  • time and study more effectively by 1) Stepping back and setting goals, 2) Prioritising and

  • planning, and 3) Working at it and persisting. For more study tips and advice, visit the

  • UWA study Smarter website.

Hello, and welcome to this Study Smarter screencast about how to manage your time and study here

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UWAでの時間管理と勉強の仕方 (How to manage your time and study at UWA)

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    Serena Wu に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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