Academic Skills And PDP

Academic Skills And PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development .......................................................................3
Value of short term goals along with three personal examples.......................................................4
Value of medium term goals along with three personal examples..................................................5
Value of long term goals along with three personal examples........................................................6
Explain about value of a personal development plan and construct an example using the
identified goals.................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
APPENDIXES...............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills can be defined in the manner that these are the skills and habitat which
benefit pursuits of academic such as presentation, learning, report writing and presentation. It
includes technical skills, communication, analysis, social, planning, test taking and studying.
Academic skills is basically a group of learning strategies, study habits and time management
tools which are required for students learning and absorption of the main content. For particular
students learning is more about access to information(Bales, B. L., 2015). These skills are not
only beneficial for time to take tests and also act as advantageous role in terms of future growth
of an individual. There are various kinds of skills which are are covered under academic
spectrum. So academic skills becomes the base for an individual professional and personal
growth. In this report the analysis has been done on concept of personal and professional
development. The analysis has also been done on short term goals, medium term and long term
goals along with the example of personal examples and also about its importance. The research
has been done on value of a personal development plan and along with an example with support
of identified goals.
TASK
Concept of professional and personal growth
Personal Development: It refers to a way for people assessing their qualities and skills,
consider about aims in life and set their goals in order to maximise their potential and to realise
it. Personal development is a long term and also a lifelong process(Murray, and et.al., 2020).
Personal development is a process and it helps an individual to reaches comes closer to targets of
their life. It can also be viewed in a positive manner that how an individual sees themselves and
world also. There are some benefits in investing in personal development of an individual. It
covers three main areas which includes self awareness, develops direction, motivation and

action. The purpose of personal development is that to make the process simpler, think into
decisive manner. There are various kinds of process of developing an individual. It includes from
self help books to training programmes, meditation, painting to poetry. So personal development
is very necessary for an individual.
Professional Development: It can be defined in the manner that it is a combination of
tools, resources and training sessions which are required by educators in terms of their
improvement in effectiveness and teaching quality (Mtshali, L. C., 2019). These resources gives
the opportunity to an individual to further increase their knowledge area and allows for
mentorship. By taking part in workshops and seminar they can enhance their skills in terms of
analytical skills, quantitative and technical skills. Professional development is very necessary for
an employee for giving best results to their company. Professional development is also a life long
process and it has continued till the point when an individual is in working context. It also
includes to further meet out the requirements of customers and in terms of their students also.
Professional development not only raises the confidence level but also gives a zeal to upgrade
themselves to a next higher level. That's why professional development is very important for
their further progress.
Importance of short term goals along with three personal examples
Importance of short term goals: Short term goals are those goals which needs to be
achieved very soon. These are the goals which are simple in nature and easy to accomplish it.
These goals do not require long term commitment. It is the best way to create momentum. These
goals always gives an opportunity to keep motivation high as well as allows an individual to stay
on their track (Golparvar, S. E. and Barabadi, E., 2020). These goals help in boosting the self-
confidence level of an individual. These goals act as a milestone in achieving their long term
goals. They gives a motivation that how far an individual comes for it and how long it has to
travel to further reach to their ultimate destination. For achieving long term goals it is important
that to break it down into short term goals. Having short term goals is very important because
with the absence of it an individual has lost about their clear vision towards it.
These goals helps in seeing an individual their goals in a clear form and sets specific
guidelines about it in terms of attaining their long term goals. In process of achieving short term