The Techniques of Mental Work

Learning faster, better and with more pleasure - this can be a good motivation to make positive changes in your life and in the lives of others. In this course, the focus is placed primarily on learner activity as an important determinant of the modern approach to teaching and learning, advocated by neurodidactics - a brain-friendly approach to learning, as defined by the German practitioner of mathematics education, Gerhard Preiß.

Preliminary requirements

The course is designed for people over the age of 16.

Course objectives

• The main objective:

To facilitate active life-long learning (LLL - Life Long Learning) for the elderly, students, schoolchildren, the freelancers and the self-educated.

• Detailed objectives:

Detailed objectives, necessary for the achievement of the main objective and the positive results of the study and self-study are: to familiarise participants with effective learning methods and techniques, with effective listening and note-taking methods, with effective discussion methods, with effective methods of writing papers, with professional presentation methods.

Course contents

Module 1

Selected factors determining the efficiency of the student's learning process.

Module 2

The learning styles and the psychological rationale for the selection of the methods of intellectual work.

Module 3

How to prepare effectively for classes and self-study.

Module 4

Selected learning methods.

Module 5

The art of speaking and debating.

Module 6

The art of writing during the learning process.

Module 7

Public speaking with a presentation.

Requirements for successful completion of the course

In order to successfully complete the course it is necessary to take the final tests (knowledge, skills, social competences) consisting of 51 close-ended questions and to obtain a min. of 51% correct answers. The final tests are available at the end of the course in the section ‘Test yourself'.

Self-assessment tests (quizzes) with exercises that have been included after each module, serve a motivating purpose. Their main purpose is to make it easier for course participants to assess the extent to which they have understood the scope of the individual modules. The self-evaluation tests are not a component of the final assessment.

The checklists at the end of each module are designed to help you independently verify the achievement of the objectives assigned to each part of the course.

The certificate of course will be generated automatically after exceeding the credit threshold and can be found in the "My Courses" tab.

Conditions for obtaining the certificate

In order to be awarded the certificate of course completion, participants must obtain a minimum of. 51% correct answers in the module "Test yourself". The certificate of course will be generated automatically after exceeding the credit threshold and can be found in the "My Courses" tab.

Course staff

Author of the course: dr Jan Przewoźnik, jprzewoznik@zpsb.pl, www.janprzewoznik.pl

Doctor of Psychology, international chess champion. Assistant Professor at the West Pomeranian Business School in Szczecin. Business psychology coach. He has provided training to over 200 companies, with over 20,000 participants. He is a multiple Polish chess champion (10 titles in the team-chess category, as well as a title in individual chess category). Author of books on chess, chess psychology, learning.