Professional Development: Reflective Journal on Tasks and Module

Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Covered in PPT............................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
Preparation of reflective journal..................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Professional development can be defined as the process of maintaining or learning
professional credentials which are required to be focused by individuals to reach career goals.
While planning to reach the predetermined targets it is essential for students to make sure that
they have developed academic and employability skills (Allen and Penuel, 2015). For the
purpose of developing them individuals can use different types of reflective models which is
beneficial to enhance skills such as interactive, communication etc. In this report Gibbs reflective
cycle is used to demonstrate learning from tasks and whole module.
TASK 1
Covered in PPT
TASK 2
Preparation of reflective journal
When all the individuals share their personal experience with others then it is known as
reflection. It is an opportunity for a person to experience the events that were faced previously
and share the feelings of that time with others. With the help of it, thoughts could be
reconsidered by people. There are various types of models which could be used by individuals to
write a reflection. These are Kolb's and Gibbs reflective cycle. In order to write the my personal
reflection I have selected the second method which is described below with all its elements:
Gibbs reflective cycle: It was published by Graham Gibbs in year 1988 for the purpose
of facilitating individuals to share their personal thoughts about the events which were
experiences by them previously. In order to write reflection on completion of previous task and
the module in general which has contributed in the achievement of my employability and study
skill set this model is being used by me (Gibbs reflective cycle, 2020). There are six different
elements of it which are described below:
 Description: While studying in university different tasks were allocated by the lecturer to
me and other students of my class. We always try to complete the assignments on time so
that we can obtain higher scores. While completing the course I was tasked to write about
corporate social responsibility and reasons for practising it along with the challenges
which could be faced by organisation while doing it. All the information about the task
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