Essential Study Skills Portfolio: Time Management and Planning

This portfolio provides a comprehensive overview of essential study skills, encompassing time management, critical thinking, and referencing techniques. Task 1 focuses on Harvard referencing, providing citations and references for various sources like books, journal articles, and web pages. Task 2 is covered in PPT. Task 3 applies the Plymouth model to a holiday planning scenario in Turkey, analyzing the 'what, where, when, who, why, how, so what, what if, and what next' aspects of the plan. The portfolio emphasizes the importance of these skills for academic success and personal development. The content demonstrates how to effectively manage time, think critically, and properly cite sources, using examples to illustrate each concept. It offers a practical guide for students seeking to improve their academic performance and planning abilities.

Essential Study Skills
Portfolio

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Harvard References:....................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
Holiday in Turkey........................................................................................................................3

MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Harvard References:
A book by a single Author:
Citation: There are various skills which helps a person in recover form stress and helps them in
managing their life effectively. It makes a person more effective and helps them in personal
development of a person (Schiraldi, 2017).
Reference: Schiraldi, G.R., 2017. The resilience workbook: Essential skills to recover from
stress, trauma, and adversity. New Harbinger Publications.
A book by three or more authors:
Citation: There are various ksills and knowledge should be possess by a person as it helps them
in their career development as well as academic life (Dykes ad et. al. 2017).
Reference: Dykes, F.B., Postings, T., de Winter, A., Kopp, B. and Crouch, A.,
2017. Counselling Skills and Studies. Sage.
A book with a later edition
Citation: Business research is important for a business as it helps them to identify new factors
for business, changing preference, changes in technology and allow business to bring innovation
in organisation ( Quinlan, Babin, Carr and Griffin, 2019).
Reference: Quinlan, C., Babin, B., Carr, J. and Griffin, M., 2019. Business research methods.
South Western Cengage.
A journal articles
Citation: Employability skills are important skills for a person in order to find better career
opportunity and these skills includes time management, motivation, decision making, technical
skills and many more (Siddiqui and Lokhande, 2019).
Reference: Siddiqui, D.M. and Lokhande, V., 2019. An Overview of Employability Skills for
Students of Professional Educational Institutions. Journal of Emerging Technologies and
Innovative Research.
A journal article from an internet source
Citation: Time management is one of process through a person saves time on unnecessary
activities and later invest in productive activities (Rampton 2018).
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Reference: Rampton J. 2018. Manipulates Time with these power 20-time management tips.
[Online]. Available through:<https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2018/05/01/manipulate-
time-with-these-powerful-20-time-management-tips/?sh=12d9aba457ab>
A web pages
Citation: Time management is one of important skills in order to increase productivity of a
person as it provides them direction of how much time is to be invested on each activities (Chua
2021).
Reference: Chua C. 2021. 20 Time management tips to super boost your productivity. [Online].
Available through: https://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/20-quick-tips-for-better-time-
management.html
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chua C. 2021. 20 Time management tips to super boost your productivity. [Online]. Available
through: <https://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/20-quick-tips-for-better-time-
management.html>
Dykes, F.B., Postings, T., de Winter, A., Kopp, B. and Crouch, A., 2017. Counselling Skills and
Studies. Sage.
Quinlan, C., Babin, B., Carr, J. and Griffin, M., 2019. Business research methods. South Western
Cengage.
Rampton J. 2018. Manipulates Time with these power 20-time management tips. [Online].
Available through:<https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2018/05/01/manipulate-
time-with-these-powerful-20-time-management-tips/?sh=12d9aba457ab>
Schiraldi, G.R., 2017. The resilience workbook: Essential skills to recover from stress, trauma,
and adversity. New Harbinger Publications.
Siddiqui, D.M. and Lokhande, V., 2019. An Overview of Employability Skills for Students of
Professional Educational Institutions. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative
Research.
TASK 2
Covered in PPT
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TASK 3
Holiday in Turkey
Plymouth model is critical thinking model which includes different components including what,
where, when, who, why, how, so what, what if and what next. Applications of this mode l in
situation of holiday in Turkey are mentioned below:
What is the plan: This situation is about spending holiday in Turkey and main context of
situation is to have adventure as well as fun in Turkey. Main Problem and point in this is to
explore various destination related to travel in Turkey.
Where it takes place: Turkey is a country wehich is existed in world and officially known as
Republic of Turkey. This country is straddling in Southeast Europe as well as Western Asia.
Turkey’s capital is Ankara whereas Big city in this country is Istanbul which is known for their
art as well as culture.
Who is involve in this:
This is by ourselves to have fun and spend time in Tukey. I’m involving as I’m going to spend
holiday in Turkey. In this, Traveller who are traveling in Turkey are affected. People who wants
to travel and explore different places are interested in this.
When: This can be occurred all over year mainly in holiday season.
How this can be done: This can occur by ourselves or through travel agency. This can occur by
reaching to travel agency as well as planning tour. One factor includes less cost whereas another
includes more cost.
Why this can be done: This occur for relaxing and having fun and explore different places and
this was done for enjoy and relax in Turkey. This argument is for making to helps a person in
stress free and this is best ways to relax and also create good experience.
What if: If this situation goes wrong, a person has backup to overcome of it. Alternatives of this
plan is to visit some other place of world. If there are problems occur while travelling in Turkey,
a person solves these problems with helps of travel agency. If tour is completed with more
friend, than it will be more memorable and funnier.
So what: This means traveling is best solution to enjoy and relax out of stressful life. It is
significant as it allows a person to enjoy more. This is convincing as traveling in Turkey provide
good experience to a person and convince visitor to revisit. It creates significant implication on a
person as it allows them to enjoy and have fun in life and also enhance their experience. Yes, this
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is one of successful plan as it enhances experience. It meets the criteria of a person as they
assume to have fun and it allow them to have fun and enjoy stress free holiday.
What next: This experience is not transferable and cannot transfers to another person. This
learning from this experience is helps in next time traveling in another destination. There are
various things learn form this holiday in turkey as important of traveling, stress free life and
enjoyment. It needs to do now is to saves money again and travel again in holiday.
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