Reflective Essay on Personal Development and Learning

REFLECTIVE
ESSAY

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
How And Why Have I Developed As A Learner............................................................................1
Approaches Towards Further Challenges And Expectations Of A University Course...................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4

Introduction
Reflection is an activity which is required to appropriately and effectively analyse past
experiences to evaluate how best the learning has evolved (Johnston, 2017). Moreover, the
agenda is appropriately to reflect on all the positive and negative aspects, which helps in
analysing how best the future challenges could be addressed and improvement could be ensured.
The report below is based on reflective essay, which addresses aspects like SWOT and PESLEL
analysis, along with personal development.
How And Why Have I Developed As A Learner
Learning has always been an effective and essential aspect for me, which is required to be
enhanced and evolved during the time within a module. Throughout the module, there have been
certain appropriate and effective teachings which were related to certain appropriate topics, for
instance, SWOT and PESTEL Analysis, interpretation of data, referencing, IT Skills, Work-Life
Balance. Furthermore, all these factors within the module have been very much consistent in
developing me as a learner, through several forms of analysis and evaluation, that would be
beneficial for me in the future career prospects.
The module had been quite a challenging, yet effective event for me which helped me in
gaining knowledge and experience about different concepts and methods. The framework,
SWOT and PESTEL analysis appropriately increased my familiarity with techniques from which
internal and external analysis is performed for an organisation or a specific market and industry.
In addition to this, teachings about appropriate presentation of data is very much contributing in
increasing professionalism in my work. Moreover, the module also emphasised upon several IT
skills, which are very important to excel academically and professionally in the future.
Moreover, data authenticity has also been taught within the module, which, through referencing,
could be used to back up the reports and presentations (Knott and Scragg, 2016).
Hence, all the above factors are very much contributing in developing me as a learner.
Moreover, there have been positive and negative experiences associated with the same, which
had significant impact on enhancing my knowledge appropriately. For instance, as per the
contributing experiences are concerned towards developing me as a learner, one such factor was
SWOT Analysis. I found it very easy and convenient in relation to analyse information of a
company and segregate the same into its strengths and weaknesses, while assessing its
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