Higher Education Skills and Competencies

Higher Education Skills and
Competencies

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1. The distinction between learning in the School environment and Higher Education........1
2. Engagement with critical reading and thinking..................................................................1
3. The ability to locate, collect and record appropriate information using a range of academic
resources.................................................................................................................................2
4. Evaluation of the reliability of information........................................................................2
5. Reading skills.....................................................................................................................3
6. Self-reflection.....................................................................................................................3
7. Evaluation of my progress over the module.......................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Theoretic or practical understanding of any subject is called knowledge. Skills are the
capabilities developed through training and experiences. Abilities are those qualities which
allows an individual to do something(Parmar, Tomar and Verma, 2015). The only difference
between learning in schools and higher education is the management of studies by students.
From my experience I have improved and developed my higher education skills and
competencies. I have number of skills and competencies which I have mention below. In this
report I will cover my school teaching as well as higher education, further I will cover my
development skills in reading and thinking.
1. The distinction between learning in the School environment and Higher Education
Both schools and colleges are educational institution. Schools include primary and
secondary, whereas colleges include higher educations. In United Kingdom, the school refers to
pre-university institutions which are further divided into pre-schools, primary schools and
secondary schools. Schools provide education on various subjects to students. The school
environment gives less freedom as compared to colleges, because in school the students need the
strict guidelines to follow(Merchant and Davis, 2014). On the other hand, colleges refer to the
institutions that is on the higher level than a school. In college I focused on specified subjects,
whereas in school I studied with all basic subject. College treats me as a grown up individuals
and at various stages I have given options to choose.
In schools there was a strict attendance policy than in college. Schools keep a tract on studies, I
used to get home work on daily basis. In colleges assignments and project work is given. In
schools time management is organized by teachers and school management but in college time
management is left to students. School played a vital role in my life as it helped me in
developing my own perspectives about things.
2. Engagement with critical reading and thinking
Critical reading refers to careful, active, reflective reading. It is a technique for collecting
information and ideas inside a text. Critical thinking refers to evaluating information for deciding
what to accept and believe. When we read critically, we use our critical thinking skills to
question and accept our reading. I read several documents such as “Lidl and Aldi”, but I did not
understand the article, for that adopted strategies to improve my reading skills. Previewing: when
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