week 3 my learning journal 3

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MY LEARNING JOURNAL 3

My Learning Journal 3

James W. Griffin Jr.

Liberty University

Developing Learning How to Learn Skills

Based upon my reading of Chapter Three and its description of learning how to learn skills, I am currently strong at critical thinking skills while I need to improve on my reading skills. These two skills, out of the mentioned five learning skills, are the ones that I have been strongest and weakest at throughout my learning experiences.

Malcolm Knowles explains in the text that critical thinking, “refers to the ability to consider logically, react, and process information or data in a sophisticated manner.” (Knowles 2017) I hold this skill in the same view as discernment. “Beloved, do not believe every spirit to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1) Being able to break down information and analyze exactly what it is that I am digesting has been key to my military and professional career.

As an Operations Manager I usually had to look at data, workout exactly what it was that I was looking at, and then figure out how it affected my situation. I can be reading an evaluation report that says I had high output and feel great about it. But, the return from defects may also be high, so now I am looking for why and how to remedy that issue. This processing of information has to be quick also so the analysis happens quickly and with confidence (John 7:24, James 1:5) because my definitive decision may hold lives in the balance, so I take my time reading.

Which leads me to my weakest skill of reading. The pre-test at the beginning of the chapter is one that flattened me even more so as I am already aware of my reading tendencies. I read slow, I often have to read something over twice, I do not take notes from reading to memorize things but notes on where to reference, ultimately I scored high on benefiting from the proactive reading technique.

References

Lowe, S. D., Ph.D., & Lowe, M. E., Ed.D. (2017). Orienting Adults to Learning in Graduate Theological Education. Retrieved January 16, 2019.