Personal learning experiences
This page gives an overview of three personal learning experiences I had in the past.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
In elementary school part of our curriculum was to start studying French. I remember using study cards to remember the vocabulary and my mother would study with me by naming German words which I had to translate to French and vice versa. In this case repetition was the most effective way to learn and I would have a monthly study plan to keep repeating the vocabulary over and over to make the knowledge last more sustainably. However, I remember learning French to be quite tough for me as I struggled to remember the vocabulary after a few weeks, even with a lot of repetition. I believe studies have shown that one must hear/read/listen to something at least 7 times for it to stick - I think in regards to French vocabulary it was much more than 7 times for me.
UNIVERSITY:
In university I used to summarize all the content taught during class (Marcom) whilst the class was taking place in real time. This helped me to focus on the lecture/seminar and write out knowledge in my own words. before exams I would just simply print out my already written summaries in which all of the information to study was already broken down. I made sure to only focus on the highly relevant parts in the summaries and I already filtered content into relevant and less relevant knowledge when writing out the summary during class. This way of studying worked extremely well for me and was highly efficient. Reflecting on my university years I must say though, that I wish my learnings would have been more sustainable as I keep realizing that I have already forgotten a lot of the things I had once learned.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING:
After I started working I realized that my best way to acquire knowledge is a sustainable way was by learning-by-doing. Things such as project management I learned most effectively whilst managing projects (trial and error) ad not from books or academia.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
In elementary school part of our curriculum was to start studying French. I remember using study cards to remember the vocabulary and my mother would study with me by naming German words which I had to translate to French and vice versa. In this case repetition was the most effective way to learn and I would have a monthly study plan to keep repeating the vocabulary over and over to make the knowledge last more sustainably. However, I remember learning French to be quite tough for me as I struggled to remember the vocabulary after a few weeks, even with a lot of repetition. I believe studies have shown that one must hear/read/listen to something at least 7 times for it to stick - I think in regards to French vocabulary it was much more than 7 times for me.
UNIVERSITY:
In university I used to summarize all the content taught during class (Marcom) whilst the class was taking place in real time. This helped me to focus on the lecture/seminar and write out knowledge in my own words. before exams I would just simply print out my already written summaries in which all of the information to study was already broken down. I made sure to only focus on the highly relevant parts in the summaries and I already filtered content into relevant and less relevant knowledge when writing out the summary during class. This way of studying worked extremely well for me and was highly efficient. Reflecting on my university years I must say though, that I wish my learnings would have been more sustainable as I keep realizing that I have already forgotten a lot of the things I had once learned.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING:
After I started working I realized that my best way to acquire knowledge is a sustainable way was by learning-by-doing. Things such as project management I learned most effectively whilst managing projects (trial and error) ad not from books or academia.