Student Study Abroad Australia

• The Problem of Studying Abroad
  • Language problems
  • Living abroad
  • Adapting to new study patterns
• Cultural Variations in Styles of Thinking
  • What do we mean by 'cultural variations' in styles of thinking?
  • Cultural attitudes to learning
  • Cultural influences on styles of writing and persenting ideas
• Undergraduate Degree Courses
  • University titels
  • Undergeraduate degree structure
  • Assessment system
• What Academics Expect of Undergeraduates
  • Secondary school background Frist year at university
  • Frist year at university
  • Effective use of learning resources
  • Development of critical thinking and effective presentation of ides
  • Academic disciplines as sub-cultures: the need to adapt
• Critical Thinking
  • Analysis
  • The context of critical analysis
  • Summary & more to think about
• Strategies for Undergraduate Studies
  • Time management
  • Lectures and note-taking
  • Tutorials and laboratory sessions
  • Reading and library research
  • Written assignments
  • Exams and revision
• Postgraduate Degree Courses
  • Degree structures
  • Graduate Diploma
  • Master's Degree and Master's Qualifying programmes
  • Doctor of Philosophy
• What Supervisors Expect of Postgraduates
  • General Expectations
  • Acquisition of new skills
  • Relations whit supervisor
  • Participation in discussions
  • Writing the thesis
• Strategies for Postgraduate Studies
  • Relations whit supervisor
  • Selecting and developing the research topic
  • Writing the thesis
  • Summary & more to think about