Developing Employability Skills: A Reflection Using the Driscoll Model

BMSW 4001 Cohort 9-
project Proposed
Structure for Task 2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Use of Driscoll model in context of written communication skills.............................................3
Use of Driscoll model in context of Critical thinking skills........................................................4
Use of Driscoll model in context of Researching skills..............................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Employability skills are core traits, knowledge and skills that are essential or important
in every job in order to perform task in best possible manner. Employers are always search of
candidate that are highly qualified, talented and determined to work for growth and success of
company. Employability skills or soft skills are important for individuals as it helps it to stay
calm, handle difficult or challenges situation in effective manner for better outcome. The main
aim or focus of creating report is to understand key employability skills that are present in me
and needs to improve so that I can get better professional career in future. The report has make
use of Driscoll –model of reflection for development of key employability skills.
MAIN BODY
There are number of skills and capabilities individuals must have in order to grow and
achieve success in both professional and personal career. Driscoll model have been developed by
Terry Borton in 1970 that include key steps such as what?, So what and now what (Driscoll -
Model of reflection. 2014). So, in order to analysis key skills and capabilities that has been
developed or learned through activities or completing Task 1 Driscoll model is used such as:
Use of Driscoll model in context of written communication skills
Written communication is one of the most essential skills that need to be present in each
and every individual in order to effectively share or exchange its feeling, view, ideas and opinion
to one another. With innovation in technologies, maximum numbers of individuals are making
use of email, Sms or message or internet connection to share or exchange lot of information with
one another. For better written communication, individuals must have good command on
language, words that should be used so that receiver understands it in similar manner. Driscoll
model is used to describe one of skills i.e., written communication that I have learnt while
performing Task 1.
What: It is first stage of Driscoll model that describes situation or reflect on what happened,
observed, situation and circumstances and number of people involved. Like our lecturer has
given a task to make project or complete Task 1 related to the way social media impact
positively and negatively on students in word document. Initially I observed that it is very boring
and easy activity to make point related to impact of social media on students as now – a day,
everyone or most of the people know about impact of social media (MacDermott and Ortiz,
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