Academic and Employability Skills: Learning, Specific Skills Acquired, and Overcoming Difficulties

Academic and
Employability Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Learning from the Module......................................................................................................1
Specific Skills Acquired.........................................................................................................3
Difficulties encountered during the module sessions and their causes..................................4
How were you able to overcome difficulties and strategies those were helpful....................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Academic and employability skills refer to the basic understanding, knowledge and attribute
that are required by an individual for getting success in their academic and professional career.
There are various approaches to student learning and skill development to enhance the learning
ability of the student and support their academic and professional life. As far as the learning and
skill development is concerned the activities at college and university are very effective in
developing the skill of the students for their academic and professional career. Students need to
develop research strategies and various skills so they can enhance their study skills, aiming at
extension of their academic and professional growth. The career growth of a student requires
certain aspects of their primary and academic abilities in order to utilise in real life situations,
which is possible with the scholastic activities. This report will demonstrate the reflection of an
individual on learning of various skills during the coursework of six weeks.
MAIN BODY
Learning from the Module
Throughout this course work, I learnt various concepts of academic and employment skills
which can be helpful to enhance my learning and professional development. I learnt how to
develop and utilize a skill development program in order to maximize the amount of time for
learning and become efficient in my work. We have been through a six week course work that
helped me to develop my skills that are required for the growth of my academic and professional
career.
The first week consisted of seminars and discussions which were based on seminars and
discussions among the students. In this module or course work we needed to read the
assignments for the class and discuss major topics and themes with each other. During the
seminars and discussions all the students were able to interact with each other within small
groups and we developed a greater sense of community and understanding among each other. I
found that the seminar and discussion is helpful to understand each other in better ways to
develop creative solutions for our problems. It also helped us to focus on the perspective of each
other and understand their topics with the help of better transmission of knowledge (Cosenza and
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