Academic Skills and PDP

Academic Skills and PDP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................2
TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................2
Concept of personal and professional development....................................................................2
Value of short-term goals with 3 personal short term goals........................................................2
Value of medium-term goals with 3 personal short term goals...................................................2
Value of long-term goals with 3 personal short term goals.........................................................3
Value of personal development plan and construction of PDP for identified goals....................3
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................4
How author’s purpose, reliability and relevance affect the use of source...................................4
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of sources...................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
A personal development plan is a document that outlines skills and goals that individuals
need to accomplish in order to support continuous improvement (Lejeune, Beausaert and
Raemdonck, 2021). This study is going to show value and importance of setting short-term,
medium term and long term goals in personal and professional lives.
TASK 1
Concept of personal and professional development
Personal development is a process by which individuals develop themselves in their lives
in order to become the better one and as like this in professional development process,
individuals develop themselves in their role that they need to perform at the job (Rubens,
Schoenfeld, Schaffer and Leah, 2018). This process of self-development plays a vital role as it
helps them out in career growth in the future. People can make sure with these processes that
their knowledge and skills of their area of expertise of their career is always at the highest
possible level. Overall, it can be said that processes and reflection that increases individuals’
capabilities and make them better in their future is known as personal and professional
development that is vital for self-esteem and self-motivation (Elufiede and Barker-Stucky, 2021).
Value of short-term goals with 3 personal short term goals
Before discussing about value of short term goals, it is important to understand about goals
as what they are and how they play a vital role in our lives. So, in regard to goal, it can be said
that it refers all thing that we want to accomplish in our lives. We all live for getting something
and all those things are known as goals. Short term goals are those that can be accomplished in
3-5 months and those goals that act as a milestone in our journey to reach long term goals for
self-satisfaction (Abhayawansa, Adams and Neesham, 2021).
My short-term goals that I want to achieve for self development and growth include:
 To improve public speaking skills and preparing presentation
 To develop time management skills or reducing procrastination
 To finish foundation year with higher grades
Value of medium-term goals with 3 personal short term goals
Medium term goals are those that take a bit longer to accomplish as compared to short term
or those goals that can be accomplished within 6-12 months. Short term goals are first stair of