Boarding school graduates at my highly-competitive college always excelled at time management.
Wondering which boarding schools teach time management via sink-or-swim survival strategies vs. which ones might have more explicit instruction or supports. (I’ve heard some schools have mandatory study hall and scheduled conferencing to make sure these don’t slip through the cracks.)
Not sure which approach is best, but curious to learn about different boarding schools’ philosophies and attitudes…
Many have explicit instruction. In addition to mandatory study hours and the availability of student - teacher conferences, Kent requires that all freshman take the New Student Seminar. Here is the description from their website:
.New Student Seminar is designed to help students evaluate their work habits so they can produce their best academic results at Kent and beyond. Students practice methods of organization and time management, evaluate the ways that their study choices help them effectively process new information, and are introduced to new methods of active study that they can apply to their work. The course also introduces students to basic research skills in accessing and evaluating information, and exposes them to the types of resources they will be expected to use at Kent, including peer-reviewed journals, research databases, e-books, and other academic media. For many students Kent provides the first opportunity to create written work that synthesizes their own ideas with the published work of others. New Student Seminar addresses this higher level of research and writing by introducing students to the conceptual framework of supporting one’s own ideas with previously published work. Learning to navigate the vast world of information available today is an essential and life-long skill, and in NSS we aim to provide an environment that encourages students to ask questions and seek answers.
This course is mandatory and is taken the first term of a new student’s freshman or sophomore year. I think many schools have similar courses.