Boost your reading skills! A reading workshop online

Début du module	13/01/2025
Date limite d'inscription	8/01/2025

Catégorie	Compétences propres au métier de chercheur - Formations professionnalisantes
Mots clés	reading, efficiency, speed
Organisation des sessions	Nombre d'heures : 15
Participants	Min participants : 1 Max participants : 18
Public	Public prioritaire : Aucun Public concerné : Doctorant(e)s
Contact	Direction de la Formation Doctorale AMU Anne-Francoise.LHOTE@univ-amu.fr

Objectifs

- Increase your ability to focus by reading the scientific literature.
- Select the useful information - and leave the useless without feeling guilty!
- Improve your memorization skills.
- Take ownership of the content that matters to you.
- Generate new ideas from the scientific literature.
- Sharpen your critical thinking skills when dealing with scientific literature.
- Become aware of how much you already know about your subject.
- Quickly process the mountain of literature to be read.
- Manage your time efficiently: stop procrastinating!

Programme

Stop laborious and time-consuming reading!
The objective of this course is to show you, through practical exercises on texts of your choice, 8 key techniques that are essential for successful research: reading, note-taking, memorization and information processing techniques.
You will learn to build a reading strategy in order to progress efficiently in your work.
You don't just learn what to do - you do it!

2 hours' work a day, with compulsory submission of the day's work on a dedicated, secure forum
+ 1 hour live.

DAY 1 : Read purposefully.
Stop passive reading - start a constructive dialogue with a text. While reading, you connect new information with information you already know. The effect? You read actively and deeply. You focus on the essentials and leave out the superfluous.

DAY 2 : Exploit your readings
Learn how to step back from the text. Mobilize your knowledge to create a new and original text based on your readings, your experiences and your questions.

DAY 3 : Read faster
With this technique, you will no longer open a lot of texts by randomly jumping from reference to reference - and then not read any of it. You'll decide beforehand which texts you want to read - and discard the others. You'll focus on what you're really looking for. Better yet, you'll find useful results quickly (usually within 15 minutes).

DAY 4 : Don't get lost into the details: turn your text into a graph
Your brain retains an image better than a word. Learn how to translate text into a diagram for quick understanding and long-term retention. This technique teaches you how to quickly get the essential ideas out of the way before you get into the details. It is a must know if you get lost into details when reading a text. It is helpful for retaining much complex information.

DAY 5 : Design your reading program
Break down your research question into smaller questions and set specific goals for your bibliographical research. Thank to this technique you will group your readings around major themes. For a thorough, efficient and quick reading.

Daily live sessions via Zoom at 11.00 am for small group exercises and reflexion.

Compétences acquises à l'issue de la formation

At the end of the training :
- The amount of information to be processed seems manageable.
- You know how to select the important information and leave aside the secondary.
- You lose the fear of missing important information - a fear that slows down reading.
- You know how to take notes effectively for future writing.
- You know techniques to curb procrastination.
- You have developed a strategic research program that allows you to achieve your goals fast and efficiently.