This assignment will help you practice using three skills to avoid plagiarism in your writing: summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. This assignment should take you about 1 hour to complete. Before you begin, here is a brief review of each of these three skills:
Summarizing involves putting only the main idea(s) into your own words.
Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from the source material into your own words.
Quoting must be identical to the original (word-for-word), and should be used for short sections of text.
I also suggest reviewing these materials before you begin:
Assignment Directions
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- Read this article and write a summary that is exactly 5 sentences long.
- Choose a passage that stands out to you and paraphrase it. Why did you choose to paraphrase this section?
- Quote a line or a phrase that stands out to you. Why did you choose to quote this?
Leave a comment with your answers below. This assignment is due before class on Tuesday, 3/9.
Summary:
The change of work environment has moved from physical to virtual as a result of pandemic. Employees and young people need to form new skills in order to get a job. The ideas of “ learn to learn” and “ learn to discern” prepare young people to discover themselves in the workplaces as well as seeking opportunities. Practice and problem solving skills can assist them to really think.
Paraphrasing of passage:
“ Our Learn to Discern (L2D) approach draws on behavioural science to help participants build awareness of their cognitive process and emotional impulses. Disinformation and misinformation can negatively impact real-life decisions and actions, target emotional triggers and feed confirmation bias. When young people receive information about exciting income-generation opportunities, they may not have the healthy information engagement skills to check those sources before spreading the information or pursuing opportunities.”
Paraphrase: “ Learn to discern” allows people to recognize trustworthy sources and irrelevant messages. When people believe in fraudulent information, they will make wrong judgements and are influenced by their feelings. For example, people would share fake news and job opportunities to others without evaluating the source.
Quote: “ Practitioners can prepare young people for today’s challenges by prioritizing reflective practice in learning, intentionally structuring learning journeys over time and through student-led, instructor-supported problem-based learning.”
I choose this quote because this sentence covers a lot of information and expresses the main idea of this article. It describes how students should have their own judgements and problem solving skills in order to learn with the support of others
Summary:
With a constantly changing world and environment, the job market is requiring people with up-to-date technical skills. Young people today needed to be able to “learn to learn” and “learn to discern.” “Learning to learn” allows young people to adapt to fast-changing work environments, and allows them to develop their own thinking processes. “Learning to discern” is the ability to distinguish between reliable information from non-reliable information. Young people should also prioritize reflective practice learning, intentional learning journey, and problem-based learning.
Paraphrase:
The power learning method was tested in Nigeria at a startup within half the year, the program has allowed participates to gain vital employment skills. These included improvements in problem-solving, team collaborations, and many more soft skills needed in employment.
The reason why I choose this part to paraphrase is because it shows the power learning approach really works. This section, it shows how one of their trials has allowed improvement of employment skills in young people. This part is also important in supporting the claim of “learn to learn”.
Quote:
“To “learn to earn”, policy-makers and education and youth development practitioners must expand skills frameworks to include learning to learn and learning to discern as fundamental soft skills that can help young people thrive in a rapidly changing world of work.”
This should be quoted because it explains what “learn to learn” and “learn to discern” is and presents what the article is about. It’s basically the focus of the whole article.
Summary:
The rapid advancement in technology creates a new demand for employees that can adapt, respond, and have entrepreneurial mindsets. They need to “learn to learn” and “learn to earn”. “learn to learn” refers to the ability to be able to pick up new skills fasters and adapt smoother. “Learn to earn” refers to the ability to think differently and focusing more on critical thinking. These changes need to implemented early by educators.
Paraphrase:
“Employers overwhelmingly agree that young employees need soft skills, such as communication, creative problem-solving and entrepreneurial thinking.”
Soft skills becomes increasingly important in workplaces, as your ability to think critically and be creative allows for ingenious ways to earn.
Quote:
The World Economic Forum projects that by 2022 at least 54% of all employees will need reskilling and upskilling to respond to changing work requirements.
Really emphasis how fast technology is advancing and how urgent the need to update the outdated education system.
Summary:
Many people lost their jobs in the pandemic. Due to changes in the environment, young people need to master new technologies to help them find jobs. In order to find a job, young people must “learn to learn” and “learn to earn”. Not only young people must change themselves, but educators must also help them. To help them, educators need to add relevant educational methods to the learning content.
Paraphrasing of passage:
“We used the Power Learning approach to develop the skills of young workers at a startup in Nigeria over a six-month period. The training drew from our customizable Employee Essential Skills Suite, which unlocks employees’ potential by strengthening vital soft skills and cultivating an inclusive learning-oriented workplace. Training participants and their managers cited crucial performance gains including more effective teamwork; increased adaptability; and stronger communication, collaboration and problem-solving within the team resulting in improved responsiveness for clients.”
Paraphrase:
“Power Learning” let young people learning new skills. By using this method, young people release their potential and get higher of their ability.
I chose this pass because he used practical examples to show readers how to learn new skills and how to make young people enhance their performance at work.
Quote:
“Young people need the skills to rapidly learn, adapt, practice resiliency and take advantage of entrepreneurial mindsets, to respond to this reality with the ingenuity to earn an income.”
I chose this quote because it directly reflects the central idea of this article, that young people learn to learn new skills to find a job.
Summary:
Covid-19 has caused multiple negative consequences to the world, especially to the youth, such as high unemployment, interrupted education, and disadvantages for vulnerable groups. Nowadays, young job seekers are required to learn much faster and value their job more insightfully. Entrepreneurs are developing new approaches that will make young people build skills in a much more effective way. Instructors and educators are helping the youth shape their entrepreneurial mindset by applying different methods, such as reflective practice, intentional learning journeys, and problem-based learning. These approaches are to prepare young people to become leaders by knowing how to distinguish their opportunities.
Paraphrase:
“Learning to learn” helps young people rapidly gain skills and knowledge to adapt to changes and succeed. This skill is particularly important as the COVID-19 pandemic causes dramatic shifts in the work opportunities available.
Young people are being taught different skills that will help them quickly become proficient in their jobs. This is happening mostly due to the pandemic which is changing or reducing the job opportunities.
Quote:
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, young people are weighing information, including misleading information about health risks, to make decisions about their careers.”
This quote indicates that during the pandemic, the chance of young people making wrong decisions about their careers is increasing because the information they are researching might be a false one.
Summary:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the development of the technology, the new generation had many new challenges and requirements for them to achieve. Especially when they’re trying to enter a workplace, to further adapt to the “new environment”, they need to learn new skills. They are required to have more skills and different skill sets compared to before. “Learn to learn” and “learn to discern” are the two major new skills that the young generation should adapt to. These new skills help them compete against the pressure the new technology brought and the competition between workplace.
Paraphrase:
1.Original Text: “Employers overwhelmingly agree that young employees need soft skills, such as communication, creative problem-solving and entrepreneurial thinking. International development practitioners offer soft skill curricula to support youth in education and non-formal training programmes, but lack two crucial competencies for youth today.”.
2.Paraphrase version: Most of the employers think that soft skills like communication, creative problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking are the main and the most important skills that the young employees should have. Though soft skills are agreed as the requirement for international business, they are still missing two important skills young employees should have today. Becoming a power learner and being intelligent by distinguishing whether a source is reliable or not are the new skills that should be developed.
3.I chose this paragraph to paraphrase because the original text didn’t clearly state what are the missing “new skills”. I think it’s better to clarify that part so that the paragraph will become more flow and make sense.
Quote:
“When it comes to learning performance, 40% is due to metacognition – organizing and guiding one’s own learning processes, thinking and actions – but most teaching methods do not prioritize these skills as myths persist that learning relies on innate intelligence, rather than on developing skills and habits.”
I chose to quote this because it’s interesting to learn how 40% of our learning performance is connate. Other than that, you can train your system by practicing and learning, making it part of your life. It reminded me of a saying, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”.
1. New skills are expected from the younger generations entering the job market. Due to the pandemic,employers are seeking for people with more advanced soft skills than before. For instance, one of the most crucial skills would be the skill to “ learn, adapt, practice resiliency and take advantage of entrepreneurial mindsets, to respond to this reality with the ingenuity to earn an income.” Basically, the best job candidate would be an individual who is flexible and is “learning to learn” at every instance in their life. These skills can be acquired and enhanced through reflective practice,intentional learning journeys, and problem-based learning.
2.Paraphrase: “The World Economic Forum projects that by 2022 at least 54% of all employees will need reskilling and upskilling to respond to changing work requirements.”
According to The World Forum projects,at least 54% of the employees will be expected to learn new skills to keep with their changing job demands due to the various advancements in technology.
I chose to paraphrase this section in order to highlight that upskilling and reskilling will be expected from employees due to outside factors such as new technology.
3.“Young people must “learn to learn” in order to develop the abilities required to gain new skills and adapt, which will help them secure work opportunities.”
This quote stood out to me because the phrase “learning to learn” summarized all of the new soft skills that will be expected from the younger generation.
Summary
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the improvement of innovation, the new age had numerous new difficulties and necessities for them to accomplish. Particularly when they’re attempting to enter a working environment, to additionally adjust to the “new climate”, they need to acquire new abilities. They are needed to have more abilities and distinctive ranges of abilities contrasted with previously. “ Learn to learn” and “ Learn to discern”are the two significant new abilities that the youthful age ought to adjust to. These new abilities assist them with contending the pressing factor the new innovation brought and the opposition between the work environment.
Paraphrase
Initial text: “Employers overwhelmingly agree that young employees need soft skills, such as communication, creative problem-solving and entrepreneurial thinking. International development practitioners offer soft skill curricula to support youth in education and non-formal training programmes, but lack two crucial competencies for youth today.”
Paraphrase: Employers overwhelmingly concur that youthful representatives need delicate abilities, like correspondence, inventive critical thinking, and enterprising reasoning. Global improvement specialists offer delicate ability educational programs to help youth in schooling and non-formal preparing programs however need two urgent capabilities for youth today.
I choose this text because it points out what young people should learn or work on in order to make themselves more competitive in current job affairs, and it also emphasizes how important learning these skills are, which I can use as a back-up evidence in my paper.
Quote
“The World Economic Forum projects that by 2022 at least 54% of all employees will need reskilling and upskilling to respond to changing work requirements.”
I choose this text to quote because it is a statistic, it can be a strong back up evidence to support my argument.
Summary
Covid-19 brought us into quarantine, many lose their job and the unemployment rate is also increased as a result. The current situation brought new demand and with that a need skill set is required. Company are looking for different skill in their employee to manage more efficiently in the new environment. The article talks about learn to learn as one of the skill set since with that young student can adjust their skill set to adapt to the environment.
Paraphrase
““Learning to learn” helps young people rapidly gain skills and knowledge to adapt to changes and succeed. This skill is particularly important as the COVID-19 pandemic causes dramatic shifts in the work opportunities available. ”
The pandemic brought a new environment to the industry as a result students that are about to enter the society need to be able to adopt to any situation.
This paragraph stand out to me because the ability to adopt to any situation had always been a skill that is a must need it just that with our current situation there is a higher demand for this skill.
Quote
“The World Economic Forum projects that by 2022 at least 54% of all employees will need reskilling and upskilling to respond to changing work requirements.”
As a statistic evidence it proves the point in the high demand in our current market.
Read this article and write a summary that is exactly 5 sentences long.
The article was an informative article on how you can further yourself as a person and thrive in the environment post COVID-19. Currently as of 2020, the best skills to have is Complex Problem Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Creativity and it is still going to evolve. The article also tells you to learn to learn meaning learn to learn how to do new things and get your mind in the mental state to learn. Another skill they suggest the youth learn is to learn to discern meaning to be able to have the ability to discern what is right and wrong or factual and reliable. They also suggest more critical skills like Reflective practice, Intentional learning journeys, Problem-based learning which can help build you as a worker and learner.
Choose a passage that stands out to you and paraphrase it. Why did you choose to paraphrase this section?
Reflective practice: an instructional method that includes critical reflection to help learners gain awareness of their implicit knowledge base. Curriculum designers can incorporate reflective practice by combining opportunities to practice skills with opportunities to pause and reflect on their progress towards learning goals, cognitive responses, and skills application
Reflective practice is a method that helps learners gain awareness of their knowledge using critical reflection. Curriculum designers should incorporate reflecting practice to help improve skills to reflect on their progress towards learning goals, cognitive responses, and skills application.
I chose to paraphrase this section because reflective practice seems really interesting as you are basically looking back at your stuff and seeing what you could have done better.
Quote a line or a phrase that stands out to you. Why did you choose to quote this?
“Young people must “learn to learn” in order to develop the abilities required to gain new skills and adapt, which will help them secure work opportunities.”
I chose to quote this line because of how much I agree with this. Not only are the younger generation learning but the people who already have jobs are also still learning within their jobs as there are many jobs that have “ continuing education” for their licenses.
Summary: In this era of rapid technological development, most employees need to face the problem of technological obsolescence. Many work environments have become online work, which will become a common phenomenon in the future. Letting young people learn how to learn has become an important social issue. How to improve the speed of learning new technologies and quickly adapt to changes in the general environment are also issues that educators need to think about.
Paraphrase: “The World Economic Forum projects that by 2022 at least 54% of all employees will need reskilling and upskilling to respond to changing work requirements.”
I chose this paragraph because the data can intuitively show how urgent it is for future employees to master new skills.
Quote: ““Learning to learn” helps young people rapidly gain skills and knowledge to adapt to changes and succeed. This skill is particularly important as the COVID-19 pandemic causes dramatic shifts in the work opportunities available. ”
I think COVID-19 is a new turning point for employees. Because most of the epidemics are forced to change in the work environment, learning how to quickly adapt and master new skills is particularly important.
Summary:
In our fast-paced society and rapid technology advancements, automation is taking over jobs from humans. Young people need to prioritize reflective learning like “learn to learn” and “learn to discern” in order to keep up with these changes and secure their jobs. In “learn to learn”, individuals are able to adapt and response to changes with an open mind. In “learn to discern”, individuals build awareness to distinguish between factual and misleading information.
Paraphrasing section:
“Intentional learning journeys to give learners the opportunity to learn new concepts and skills over time through practice. Authentic learning takes place over time, rather than at one discrete moment of a training programme. Learners with access to enabling conditions for learning – including critical reflection, feedback and support from peers – can develop the values, habits and self-reliance to become power learners”
Paraphrase:
Learners are able to pick up new ideas through their journeys and learn from experiences rather than learning something on the spot.
I chose this section because I agree and it’s something I would do. For example, I would look back at my past experiences and try to pick out mistakes and learn from them.
Quote:
“Young people need the skills to rapidly learn, adapt, practice resiliency and take advantage of entrepreneurial mindsets, to respond to this reality with the ingenuity to earn an income.”
I chose this because I understand how difficult it is to work in the future. If you slack off, you might miss out on a lot of opportunities. There’s so many smart people out there, there is a lot of competition.