Research Skills
Professional Development
Solving Problems
Our ability to solve a problem or find the answer to a
question is called research skills. Research skills are the
ability to collect information, analyze it and then
interpret it in a way that leads to a solution. In all
positions and industries, employees need to be able to
research.
Overview
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Skills Required
Getting Skills
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Skills Required for Research
• Research skills are a combination of many skills that allow you to find,
review and make decisions. These skills are essential for the
workplace:
• Looking for information
• Attention to the smallest details
• Note taking
• Time management
• Problem solving
• Communicating results
• The toolkit facilitates a blended learning approach and provides
guidance on suggested peer-led and tutor-led activities that are
mapped to the learning outcomes. This allows for a flexible approach
in research skills training.
How to Gain Research Skills
• Everybody is a natural researcher. Research skills are
essential for any job, whether you're searching for the
lowest price for a product or researching a topic to use
in a school project.
1. Make an outline
2. Know your sources
3. Advanced search techniques: Learn how to use them
The Training Methods
• Experts seem to believe that rapid technological advancement and growing
concern about the future impacts of the AI/robotics Revolution will drive the
public, private, and governmental actions necessary to adapt education and
training systems so they can deliver flexible, adaptive, resilient, certifiable,
useful and valuable lifelong learning.
• The next generation of educators will have to find new ways to train students
for future jobs.
• This article will explain the first steps of conducting research: inquiry,
investigation.
• You will practice:
• Identifying the problem or issue, and asking questions about it
• Find and organize the information required to answer your question
• Assessing the information sources you use
• Different perspectives on the issue or problem
• You will learn how to understand, read and present a viewpoint or argument.
Remember…
Research First!
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