Personal and Professional Development

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
REFLECTION.................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERECES...................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Reflection is defined as the practice or approach to analyse, evaluate, critique and learn
from own experience (Tawanwongsri and Phenwan, 2019). For encouraging self-development
reflective practices are very important because they allow individual to learn from the past
actions so that they can be improved in future. Not only for students but for professionals also
reflective practices are crucial because they help to gain insight about the strengths and weakness
of self so that better decisions and development strategies can be formulated. For reflective
writing several models can be used which provides a structured way to reflect upon practices. In
this essay Gibbs reflective model will be used to reflect on my journey to develop as student. The
essay will emphasis upon evaluation of each stage of model by applying it to my learning
pathway which begins with the enrolment as university student and then to development through
module and other activities of university.
REFLECTION
Gibbs reflection model provides a cyclic model to understand reflective learning so that
individuals can learn from particular situations experienced by them. As a learned I have
experienced various scenarios which helped me to grow as learner.
Description:
As a university student I used to engage in various activities which helped me to develop
employability as well as study skills. At university I always interact with learners and mentors
from different background and opinion. Thus it gave me a chance to understand that one must be
very confident and sound in its verbal and written communication. I used to believe that working
in team is always confusing and problem creating because all individuals have different
perspective. However various assignments or group activities at university helped me to
understand that though team working is challenging but it leverages huge benefits. I also had
conflicts with other students but keeping that aside I learned to focus on goal and professional
development. Till school level the approach taken by my tutor was very different and had limited
integration of information technology. However, while studying module I came across different
learning methods and assignments in which I was asked to complete assignments or note taking
by using current technology. Thus the course has helped me to understand the significance of
technological advancements and their role in professional development. Like in one of my task I
was required to conduct a research on various career pathways related to HRM and what
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