Academic and Employability Skills

Academic and
employability skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In the professional and personal life of an individual, academic skills play a crucial role
by developing and increasing knowledge of an individual (Morley, 2018). It is essential for a
person to develop employability skills in order to get success in career related life. Most of the
students in academic and career life do not focus on academic skills which turns out to be bad for
them. In recent times most of the institutions mainly focus on developing academic skills in
order to gain growth in professional and personal life. In the career related aspects academic
skills play a major role by doing development of personality of a candidate. It is the moral duty
of a teacher in the institution to focus on developing academic skills in order to provide extra
advantage to the student in the field of career. Most of the times teachers focus on developing
knowledge with maximum efficiency in order to build career of students.
MAIN BODY
Gibbs model of reflection
The Gibbs model of reflection is a major practical model in the field of management
which is used for reflection in a precise manner (Okunuga and Ajeyalemi, 2018). This model of
reflection is used by many successful institutes and students to develop precise reflection on a
subject matter. The Gibbs model of reflection is mainly useful in leaning from experiences. It is
essential for a candidate or student to learn from past experiences in order to develop precise
knowledge about the subject matter.
I will use Gibbs model of reflection in order to describe my learning from past experiences. The
different stages which I went through are mentioned below:
Description- In recent times due to the impact of global pandemic Covid-19 I started to
prefer online classes in order to develop my learning skills. The online classes were held for a
long time and I started to learn online after the spread of pandemic. According to me online
learning is the best way of learning and is also helpful in providing deep knowledge of a subject
matter. In online learning I learnt basic idea of developing different methods to facilitate my
learning. There are different institutes near my institute which provides a base for online
learning. I faced several challenges in online learning among them the main challenge was
asking teachers a question. It is essential for a student to ask about different doubts that are
present in the mind of students. In online teaching it is a major disadvantage that several students