Academic Skills and PDP

This report discusses the concepts of personal and professional development, the value of short term, medium term, and long term goals, and the importance of personal development planning. It also examines how author, purpose, reliability, and relevance affect the use of sources and analyzes eight different sources. The report is based on the topic of Academic Skills and PDP. - Desklib

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK-1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Examining the concepts of personal and professional development......................................................3
Discussing the value of short term goals.................................................................................................3
Medium term goals.................................................................................................................................3
Long term goals.......................................................................................................................................4
Analyzing the value of personal development plan.................................................................................4
TASK-2.......................................................................................................................................................5
Examining how Author, purpose, reliability and relevance affect the use of sources.............................5
TASK-3.......................................................................................................................................................5
Analyzing the eight sources.....................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The present report is based on the topic Academic skills and PDP. The assignment will discuss
about the concept of personal development planning along with this it will describe about the
Author, reliability, purpose that affect the use of source. Lastly it will also evaluate the eight
sources.
TASK-1
Examining the concepts of personal and professional development
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: It is the term used for those qualities that helps the individuals
to develop their person’s capabilities along with this it will also enhance the quality for their
throughout life (Rimmer, A., 2018). On the other it can be also said that it is the process which
also help them to assess life goals which is also used for meeting goals.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: It is the development which is used for improving the
skills that are used at the time of meeting the organization objectives (Preston and Gasser, 2018).
Mainly this is also used for consultation, technical and mentoring assistance.
Discussing the value of short term goals
Short term goals are the type of goal which an individual want to achieve in the less
period of time to attain the goal (Chow and et.al., 2018). It can be also said that the individual
want to accomplish goals and objectives soon by thus short term goals. It can be also said that by
this they will not only get motivated but it will also result in increasing the productivity that is by
focusing long term (Servitri, M. O. and Trisnawaty, W., 2018). The three examples of short term
goals are:
 Improving the learning skills within 4 days
 Improve the communication skills in 1 week
 Read newspaper in 1 day

Medium term goals
It can be termed as the type of goal which are longer then short term goals and shorter
then long term goals which can be fulfilled or completed within month or weeks (Bryan and
Clegg, 2019).
 Improve leadership skills within 2 months
 Try to increase confidence within 5 weeks
 Completing all projects within 4 months
Long term goals
It is the type of the goals that is termed as the process by which an individual want to
achieve the goals in future that is more than one year or within one year that is to accomplish
goals. It plays an important role in career which is performed in whole year (Tangney 2018).
The examples of long term goals are:
 Can learn new course for future improvements within 1 year
 Developing the strong leadership skills that is in 16 months
 To achieve future goals like promotion
Analyzing the value of personal development plan
Personal development planning helps the individual to develop their current skills and by
using this individual can also attain their new heights in their career. By using this individual can
also get the clear idea that is regarding personal vision of their existing skills. On the other it can
be also said that it helps in building satisfaction and motivation among the individuals. Examples
of personal development plan are:
Objectives Measurable Action Tenure
To improve leadership
skills
At the time of 1.5
months ensure the
improvements in the
leadership skills
For this start working
with teams by
allotting them work in
which they are good
and giving them all
information about this
after it taking
2 Months

feedback that how
was the leader
To improve
communication skills
To measure it after 4
days to make sure that
it is improved.
Can take different
action that it starts
communicating with
the other people and
attending online
classes. For this can
also take part in
competition like
debates (Amukongo,
F. N., 2020).
1 week
TASK-2
Examining how Author, purpose, reliability and relevance affect the use of sources
They are the terms which affect the sources because the information of the sources is
depended upon the information source that is across theoretical restraint. Along with all this they
also have different types of the choices for choosing as the best and suitable for the study (Puah,
2021). On the other it can be also said that they can use the best and appropriate sources that are
available with good evidence. In addition to this it can be said that purpose can be external for
the title of the source which is valid at the time of research conducted. It can be also said that if
the suces do not have any author then it is not relevant.
TASK-3
Analyzing the eight sources
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
1 Amukongo, F. N.,
2020are the authors of
the article
The purpose of
using this article
is helps in
It is reliable
because it is the
latest and new
Its relevancy
shows that it will
help in knowing

determine the
importance of
personal and
professional
development
the importance
for developing
goals
2 Chow, A., Kiuru, N.,
Parker, P.D., Eccles,
J.S. and Salmela-Aro,
K., 2018 are the
author of this article
The main
purpose of using
this to find out
what do you
mean by short
term goals.
It is reliable
because it is
presents by
different authors
with their
different views
It is relevant
because it gives
full information
about short term
goals
3 Preston, S. and
Gasser, R. B., 2018
are authors of article
The purpose of
this is to find out
professional
goals
It is reliable
because it helps
in providing the
latest
information
It is relevant
because it is
useful for finding
the professional
goals
4 Tangney, S., 2018 are
authors of article
The purpose of
this is it helps in
determining the
long term goals
It is relatable
because this
article have so
many
information
about long term
goals
It is relevant that
is known
information
about long term
goals
5 Rimmer, A., 2018 are
the authors of the
articles
The purpose of
using this article
is to know what
is the importance
of professional
development
goals
It is relatable
because it is not
so old and have
some important
information
It is relevant
because it helps
in knowing more
about
professional
development
goals
6 Bryan, C. and Clegg, The purpose of It is relatable as It is relevant to

K. eds., 2019 is the
author
this article is
helps in knowing
the features of
medium term
goals
it is useful in
defining the
medium goals
the report as it
helps in knowing
the medium term
goals
7 Puah, S., 2021 is the
author
The role of this
article is it helps
in examining the
profession
development
plan
It is relatable as
it has depth
detail about the
goals
It is related to the
present study as
it helps in
determining the
professional
development
8 Servitri, M.O. and
Trisnawaty, W., 2018
are the author
The purpose of
article is to give
information
about different
types of goals.
It is relatable
because it is
publishes in the
year 2020
It is related
because it helps
in assisting
information
about types of
sources.
CONCLUSION
By summing up the above report it has been concluded that the concepts of personal and
professional development are very different and there is lot of difference between the short,
medium, long term goals. Lastly it has also discussed about the importance of author, relevance,
reliability and purpose of different sources.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Amukongo, F. N., 2020. Leading change towards sustainable academic improvement at schools
of the|| Karas region (Doctoral dissertation, North-West University (South Africa).).
Bryan, C. and Clegg, K. eds., 2019. Innovative assessment in higher education: A handbook for
academic practitioners. Routledge.
Chow, A., and et.al., 2018. Development of friendship and task values in a new school: friend
selection for the arts and physical education but socialization for academic subjects.
Journal of youth and adolescence, 47(9), pp.1966-1977.
Preston, S. and Gasser, R. B., 2018. Working towards new drugs against parasitic worms in a
public-development partnership. Trends in parasitology, 34(1), pp.4-6.
Puah, S., 2021. Predicting Students’ Academic Performance: A Comparison between Traditional
MLR and Machine Learning Methods with PISA 2015.
Rimmer, A., 2018. How do I prepare a personal development plan?. Bmj, 363.
Servitri, M.O. and Trisnawaty, W., 2018. The development of inquiry science worksheet to
facilitate the process skills. Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 12(4),
p.575.
Tangney, S., 2018. The development of a reflective tool for internationalisation of the
curriculum. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 55(6), pp.640-649.