Introduction
PDP, Personal development planning. One of the first year core modules at Cardiff Metropolitan University, according to the module handbook for the PDP (2016) ‘’develop an understanding of employability, and the personal, academic, reflective and professional skills required. Additionally, it will provide an accurate evidence base for student evolving employability attributes and competencies’’. This report will show how the students developed themselves during the academic year.
First of all, we need to answer these questions, what the meaning of the reflection is? Moreover, why we need to reflect? Also, how can the reflection support learning? Finally, what the reflective type will use in this report.
“Reflection is an important
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I still remember the first phrase which my father taught me to order a bottle of water when I was five years old on Dubai which was ‘’water not cold.''
I was proud of this three words for a while. The reason that I feel I am good at oral communication especially in the English language because I am not shy and I can speak even I have bad grammar.
The second academic skill is the presentations; this ability gets it when I am doing an international foundation year in Cardiff Metropolitan University at Cyncoed Campus.
We studied a module called Context Analysis which typically analyses a company in twelve part which includes the history, reputation, financial statement, technology, Social and International.
The module scheduled twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday, on Tuesday the module leader gave us the part of analysis that she need us to find it about the company that the student chose to study the company related to them next area of study. My business to analysis was IHG which is Intercontinental Hotel
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Firstly, I have had two weakness skills in the academic area which is the reading in English and the academic writing.
Reading in English sources such as books, newspapers and journal is the most weakness area of my academic skills. Which I can read this book or the article in the newspaper but the most of it I will do not understand it. The plan to develop this skill is buying a radio and open it on the BBC radio channels all the day as well as read as on the beginning children book stories.
Academic writing also needs to develop, because I always got a low grade on any written assignment that needs to hand it in. The way to grow this skill is to keep read book and newspaper and paste the reading that red on the notebook also the same strategy with reading is keep listening to the radio.
On the career-related skills, there is some weakness area that needs to improve and get new skills to continue and discusses on the field that I am currently studying. The human did not have born, and he or she has well skilled they need to learn it and get it
Reflection means if when you are teaching and you notice something wrong you change it straight away, or for the next time. Practitioners should always be self critical of past lessons and picking out on not only the good parts, but also parts of a lesson that didn’t go so well. For example in order for the practitioners to improve in their practice they could prepare a reflective journal, this would help them by reflecting back on what they did in the perivious lesson and if an activity didn’t go so well the practitioner could think of different strategies of improving the activity or planning a different activity, but on the similar topic and also providing different recourses in order to improve the activity. Also practitioners and staff members should not assume that their work place will automatically inform them about new developments, changes and updates which affect their work, practitioners must be prepared to be active in maintaining their own knowledge base and to ensure that their practice is in line with current thinking and new theories. Practitioners could this by incorporating an awareness of the needs to update their knowledge constantly into all of their work and activities by using resources such as the internet, journals, and libraries or other professional development, e.g. training, and to check their awareness of new developments in their work and to work with other professionals e.g. there
As communication is a key element in my field, the necessity for them to develop excellent Language skills is key, as it also requires preparation, as elements of clear enunciation, focusing and the design of presentations are usually present in most of the courses within this field.
It is always important to know the value, strengths, and weaknesses, of a company to make proper assessments
4. Conduct a feasibility analysis on the company, being sure to consider its market potential, industry attractiveness, and
I excited that teaching in the DPP is about to become reality. Daniel and I have enjoyed meeting everyone over the past 3 months. I know Ms. Yates preferred Monday or Tuesday evening. I am going to contact Morgan Kirkland today about April’s Class zero or setting up another meeting time. I will send any updates I get from Ms. Kirkland.
communication skills, as a good writer and listener I believe these skills are mostly seen in my assignments and report writing and having oral presentation in class.
The skills I struggle in are taking my time and going into detail in my writing, also knowing the different types of figurative language.
In order to improve my literary skills I have to be self -motivated , by choosing the books I'm interested in, writing the stories and essays that I like. But the problem is that there is more being literate than writing and writing , now there is more requirements in literacy such as digital. Digital literacy is the ability to use information and communication technology to find evaluate create and communicate information, requires both which is technical skills and reading skills. Without reading comprehension skills, any kind of reading will be challenging at in life. Increasing your writing skills will allow you to express yourself clearly in anything from personal emails, to business reports , memos and etc. All the study skills that you worked so hard will benefit you in personal and professional life.
Often, I find it difficult to make the initial steps of breaking and crossing barriers. The benefits that I gain each time I cross barriers shows me that I often get in the way of my own success. Unlike other subjects, I need to put forth greater efforts in understanding the concepts presented in math. Weakness in math can discourage me from achieving the academic success and grade point average (GPA) I strive for. Despite being adept at communicating my thoughts vocally, I find difficulty doing the same through writing. Not being able to formulate my thoughts into well written sentences is a major weakness, as writing is an important aspect of every field. Time management is another skill I need to improve. Mismanagement of time leads me to indulge in wasteful tasks, often leading me to accomplish less than what I hoped. Finally, I can easily be frustrated, frequently being impatient with myself and with my work. When a task is not going as well as planned, I momentarily surrender by taking a break to clear my mind, and to avoid handling the
The context analysis is a study of what my company and brand is doing now,
Another model of reflection was proposed by John’s (2000). The model for structured reflection (MSR) has 5 separate stages which allows an individual to reflect. One strength of the Model for Structured Reflection (MSR) is that it has been tested by Novelestsky-Rosenthal, H and Solomon, K (2001) and is found to be beneficial for students to develop their self-awareness.
This paper presents personal development plan which I have formulated to identify my career objectives and improve my interpersonal and professional skills. Personal development planning includes a set of questions which try to identify career interests, potentials, and competencies, collect relevant information for future decision making, and personal development matrix to identify short and long term goals and their respective actions to be followed.
Reflection is a process of reviewing and thinking critically about activities and how this affects learning of student’s. It is not just descriptions of what happened during the lesson; it’s to
I believe reading is the key to finding success, whether it's work or play. I found several resources to improve on my weakness while enhancing my strengths. The four resources are Celebration of Discipline, Tools for Teams: Building Effective Teams in the Workplace, Bridges Not Walls: A book about Interpersonal Communication, and The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership Follow Them And People Will Follow You. It has been said that it takes twenty-eight days to develop a habit, I have decided to pace my self a month for developing each new technique I have researched and determined that these three resources can help find the growth I am looking for.
Reflection helps one to improve especially when they can draw lessons from the positive and negative experiences of the past. It is an active process that enables individuals to understand how historical, social, cultural, as well as personal experiences contribute to how we study or learn. In any aspect of life, reflection can be applied to help individuals focus their efforts in getting the most out of different situations, and, therefore, improving self-performance and becoming lifelong learners.