Reflective Practice in Education

This assignment explores the concept of reflective practice within education, particularly its role in professional development for teachers. Students are expected to analyze various theoretical frameworks related to reflection and identify their own personal experiences and learning through reflection. The assignment encourages critical thinking about the effectiveness of different professional development strategies, including collaboration among educators.

PERSONAL AND PROFFESTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................4
1.1Self-managed learning methods..........................................................................................................4
1.2 Different ways in personal and professional learning encouraged.....................................................5
1.3 Self-managed learning advantages to organizational as well as personal..........................................5
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Own current skills and competencies against organizational objectives............................................6
2.2 Own developments needs or activities required to meet them...........................................................7
2.3 Development opportunities in order to meet future and current need................................................7
2.4 professional and personal development plan.....................................................................................8
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Activities and process required to formulate the development plan...................................................9
3.2 Undertake and document development activities as planed...............................................................9
3.3 Self learning against original objectives and aims set in the plan....................................................10
3.4 Revise development plan related to evaluation and feedback..........................................................10
TASK 4.....................................................................................................................................................11
4.1 Work based issue and their solutions...............................................................................................11
4.2 Different types of communication style in various levels................................................................12
4.3 Effective time management theory..................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................13
REFRENCES................................................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
An individual value in an enterprise is a skill, traits, beliefs, skills, capabilities and trust
factors etc. which identify his personality. Both personal and professional values are determines
as a working experience, information’s, practical or subjective knowledge, ability for his
employment. Through achievement of both objectives as well as goals, the workers of a business
seek in order to execute their role and responsibilities which are planned such as asinine in job.
Several duties are regular job as well as few are particular to critical conditions which access
P&P values (Elliott, 2011). With the help of this plan each and every organization easily achieves
their long and short term targets and aims in a systematic manner.
This project is based on PPD which is essential part of the company as well as personal in
order to grow and success in an easy way. This file determined about the self managed learning
approach and their different approaches to encourage them. It is very beneficial for
organizational and personal to increase their basic ability in specific meter. In this assignment
personal audit and development plan are determined in regards to solve all work based issues.
Time management theory and different types of communication style are also described in this
project.
TASK 1
1.1 Self-managed learning methods
SML is one of the beneficial and useful approaches of the individual to attend and increase
their basic knowledge and skills due to particular subjects. It is defines as a methods which is
develop by the administration of the business. So it is very important for the manager in order to
manage all process as well as content of their own learning (Forte and Flores, 2014). There is
different kind of methods to maximize their learning:
Seminars and conference: With the use of this approach personal can maximize their ability and
skills. It is determine as an even where all person go and maximize the work base knowledge in

an essential manner. Each and every organization is providing these programs to their employees
to attend and gain more knowledge in particular subject.
Mass media: It is an internet factor which is important for the personal to gain large knowledge.
In modern world different person are use twitter, face book and what’s up and other tools
(Beausaert and et. al., 2013). These are beneficial for them because with the support of this they
easily know all information.
Meta learning: At a strategic level it is identify as a self learning approach which can support
fundamental changes in order to getting innovative abilities, competences, skills etc. These are
all incapable if the enterprise administrator never modifies their mind set as well as mentally.
Strategic learning: With the help of this approach an individual learn and activated quickly due
to their work. With the use of this approach personal can maximize their knowledge and attain
more benefits. It is good. The individual and organization in respects to easily increase their
knowledge related to the work.
1.2 Different ways in personal and professional learning encouraged
There are various forms in professional and personal learning encouraged which are
determined under this:
Motivation: It is very essential for the individual, in this organization should try to provide
different kind of motivational theory to their workers. So they can feel better in workplace and
give their hundred present in company.
Promotion: It is another way of benefits in which both P&P learning encouraged in a systematic
manner. Each and every organization should try to promote their employees due to their work.
Self evaluation: In this an individual evaluate all task and activities in a proper manner (Hadar
and Brody, 2013). They are capable to use effective policies in order to encourage their personal
and professional learning. So with the use of this they easily complete all tasks.
1.3 Self-managed learning advantages to organizational as well as personal
SML is very beneficial for organizational and individual in achievement of personal and
professional goal.
Benefits to personals: It will help in decreasing gap between desired as well as actual potentials.
In also support them in order to getting new ability so that they assemble the expectation of
workers as well as capture large number of the growth opportunities. In regards to makes a

personal more accountable, delivers and confidante own fulfillment. It will also assist in
identifying their weakness and strength in a systematic level by performing personal audit.
Benefits to organizational: In this own learner are essential part of the enterprise in order to
attain high productivity and profitability. With the use of SML an organizational easily achieves
their growth and success at large. In this way learners tend in respects to perform and
coordinated with each other in a better way. They will support in generating a skill division work
culture which facilitates and create in aggressive group work (Hunzicker, 2010). They are analysis
to be moderately more accountable. Therefore they are mainly concerned regarding self
personality, goals and growth of the company.
TASK 2
2.1 Own current skills and competencies against organizational objectives
Personal audit determine the abilities and skills which support in identifying own
weakness and strengthens.
C.V Creation:
C.V
Name:
Address:
Contact Number:
Objective: To provide hundred present in order to achieve goals and objectives of the
organization in short duration. All capability on mine is enterprise in a systematic manner. I am
capable to use my all skills and capability to achieve growth and success of the enterprise.
Work experience:
 Past three year experience in human resource management post
Qualification:
 MBA in Finance and Human resource
Skills :
 Multi tasking skills
 Time management ability

 Motivation and leadership
 Human resource process and policies knowledge
 Presentation knowledge
 Good player in team
Declaration: I declare all above information are properly true.
Own competencies:
Abilities Score
Multi tasking skills 3
Time management ability 2
Motivation and leadership 2
Human resource process and policies
knowledge
5
Presentation knowledge 4
Good player in team 3
2.2 Own developments needs or activities required to meet them
SWOT Analysis: It is very essential and beneficial part of the individual to identify their
strengths and weakness these are known as internal factor (Maskit, 2011). Treats and
opportunities of mine that determine external factor. My personal audit which can described
under this:
Strengths Weakness
 Better communication capability
 Good leader of the team
 Positive willingness and attitudes in
order to take program
 Good knowledge in advanced
technology
 Time management ability
 Time management ability is average
 Poor motivation, negotiation and
leadership ability
 Presentation capability is also average
 Weak in different kind of multi-tasking
programs and activities
Opportunities Threats

 A number of offline and online short
group courses are present.
 Growing and increasing job
opportunities in human resource areas
 All organizations are mainly prefer
upgraded knowledge, promoting
person, multi- tasking abilities and
motivation skills that support in
decreasing cost.
2.3 Development opportunities in order to meet future and current need
Development opportunities are essential part of the individual in regards to meet their
current as well as future needs. With the help of all skills and knowledge person can solve all
issues and problems. In this they can provide different type of training and development
programs to their employees. In this they easily encourage their basic knowledge and skill in
particular subject (McNiff, 2010). Seminars and conference, there are also very essential form to
meet current as well as future requirements. They can use various kinds of books and journals or
increase their basic capability. Use of internet, is beneficial and useful to develop their
opportunities in a systematic manner.
2.4 professional and personal development plan
Needs of
learning
Priority Activities and
plan to be
undertaken
Resources
needed
Target time
limit
Achievement
proof
Management
Ability
High Within 11
weeks online
and internet
courses in an
individual
management
(Professional
Development,
2014).
Time as well
as finance
resources
required
5 days achievement
certification
Negotiation,
motivation
and
leadership
It is also high In this limited
period course
from reputed
and well
Management
and finance
6 days Proof of
completion

ability know
institutes.
Multi tasking Average In order to
taking
different
projects.
Actual
enterprise
project
5 to 6 days Outcomes of
different kind
of projects
which are
undertaken in
this.
Time
management
High Two days on
job tanning
programs
Training
Availability
as well time
7 days. Completion
certification
Presentation
ability
Medium One week in
on job
training
approach
Training
availability
6 to 7 days Completion
certification
TASK 3
3.1 Activities and process required to formulate the development plan
All activities are needed in implementing development plan. There is some process which
are determined their requests are as follows:
Meditation: It is essential part in balancing all activities and plan. With the help of this process
person can improve their all skills and knowledge. In this they can manage all work as well as
personal activity as per the benchmarking.
Mentioning: In this manager of company can guid their employees thought all activities or work
(Moon, 2013). They can provide proper guidelines in order to improve all ability and knowledge
in a planed manner.
Training: Proper Training is very important part of the achievement and success. With the help
of this process an individual can identify their experience and quality. In this they attend these
section in increase their basic knowledge.

3.2 Undertake and document development activities as planed
There are some developments needs which to be documented in different ways. With the
help of the long term objectives and goals can be achieved are determined under this
Developments needs: To be document
Organizational  Resources utilization.
 Actual time feedback and comment
 Collecting
 Controlling
 Application of members requirements
 Planning group working
Interpersonal  Judgment making
 Communication
 Long life learning
 Develop interaction with employees
Professional  Achieve knowledge regarding
professional standard as well as human
resource management functions
 Distribution and planning of resources
 Time management (Mwalongo, 2011).
 Leadership and team working
3.3 Self learning against original objectives and aims set in the plan
I am good learner and presenter so it is define my strengths. With the help of this skill I
can reduce all conflict and misunderstanding between the employer and employees. In this
different kind of ability are determined which is essential for me in order to decrees all issues in
a systematic manner. My Management skill is also very good in order to manage all task and
activity in an easily. So in this I perform hundred present in achieving long as well as short term
goals and objectives of the enterprise (Olsen, 2015). I have leadership, motivation and negotiation
skill which is very useful for me in regards to motivate all employees due to their work base. In
this I try to provide different kind of motivation tools and techniques to workers. So they easily

complete their all task in planed manner. I am multitasked in each situation to reduce all work
based issues and problems which are present in the organization. With the help of this skill I
easily sort out all difficulties and troubles which are arise in the enterprise. My negotiation
ability is also high which is valuable for the business in respects to achieve more profits and
revenues.
3.4 Revise development plan related to evaluation and feedback
This plan is significant part of the person to analysis their friends and other people
feedbacks as well as comments due to their strengths or weakness (Schoeman and Mabunda, 2012).
Feedback and evaluation plan which are described under this and show the time duration will
complete all task in a proper manner.
Skills and knowledge Lacking Update action Time scale
Time administration As per the meetings
and conference on
deadline
Task scheduling 2 months
Global standard
knowledge
Evaluating innovative
trends in human
resources function
Online sources use in
order to gain more
knowledge
4 months
Leadership Guiding and
motivating employees
due to work
Observation of elder
as well as reading
more books and
journals
5 months
Group working Distribution and help
of work as well as
activity
Develop or improve
interaction with
another’s.
1 months

TASK 4
4.1 Work based issue and their solutions
Each and every problem is determined as difficult issues which are arise in the
organization. These issues are related with different enterprise resources and their functions
(Stenberg, 2010). All difficulties are influenced to hierarchy level such as operational, top and
functional management etc.
Upper administration, they are policy maker so they face policies formulation issues. These are
identifying as a techniques which is important in order to achieve competitive benefits. They also
suffer all difficulties for them, so in they try to use effective policies and provide proper
guidelines to their subordinates.
Operational management also faces various issues in their business activities and plan. Because
there are poor talented and skilled person. In this level of administrator should try to motivated
and promote their workers to work them together and achieve goals and objectives of the
business.
Functional management face issues related to the organization all programs and functions. They
are responsible to recruit and select talented candidates, but some time classification in
organization is generate big issue. So in this they can hire knowledge person who can remove all
problems in a systematic manner.
4.2 Different types of communication style in various levels
Effective communication is a significant skills and ability in order to achieve desired
success as well as career growth in a systematic manner. It is defined as a process and activity
by which correspondent transmits their essential information to receiver with the use of different
non verbal as well as verbal form. Oral message, in this way speech is mainly used in order to
transfer desired info (Van Driel and Berry, 2012). As per the other such as non verbal method are
used in written words in regards to deliver their desired content. According to the behavioral grid
which is identify 4 styles in communication which are described under this:
Relator: They are introverts for example staying restricted. They are important and good
listener in order to achieve goals and objectives of the organization in a systematic manner. They

are cooperative as well as share feelings with each other so they are upper level management
who can control all activities in a planed way.
Socialiser: They are known as extroverts in middle level administration. In this relationship is
very important part of them to reduce all conflict and misunderstanding. They have strong
feelings of individual worth.
Thinker: It is another communication style which is helpful and beneficial for organizational and
personal (Visser and et. al., 2014). Main examples of these aspects are cautious and slow, task and
goal oriented person. They are also belongs to middle level management which play essential
role in business growth or development.
Director: They are known as important person in order to communicate with middle and lower
level management. They are responsible to provide all necessary information to their
subordinates in a systematic manner.
4.3 Effective time management theory
Effective time management is known as theory as well as approaches which is important
for formulation of individual development plan (Time Management Strategy, 2015).With the use
of these methods personal can achieve their desired success and growth in an effective or
efficiency way. This theory considers five phases which are described under this:
Defining realistic objectives and goals: One of the essential step which is beneficial order to
identifying their long and realistic goals. It must be measurable as well as attainable. As per the
other hand that says, with the help of this personal and organizational can identify their weakness
or strengths.
Sub classifies all process into little task: It is very essential in order to divide all learning
activity into tiny tasks. So in this way all an individual as well as enterprise appears an
achievement.
Deciding priority: Requiems of the learning is to determined priorities in an essential way
(Watts, 2010). In this phase they can identify their basic needs due to training and development
programs as well as learning which are mainly based on urgency level for them.
Creating and developing their schedule: It is also very essential phase in regards to develop
their agenda with specific framework to be paid to every activity.

Keep on from destination: In respect to fulfill all tasks in a given time period, it is essential to
ignore whole destination forms. In this company has to enrolled and planed with different
institutes. In this they ask in regular basis to their administrator for adequate comment.
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned, it can be determined the personal and professional
development plan is very essential for the organization. With the help of this an enterprise can
achieve their long as well as short term goals and objectives in a systematic manner. There is
different kind of tools and approach is used in order to determine basic plan of the individual as
well as company. Self managed learning is beneficial and valuable for the person to attend all
programs such as seminars, conferences, meetings and books & journals and increase their basic
knowledge and skills in particular subjects. Own current quality and development plan which
also used in regards to solve work based issues in a plan manner. Self learning is important for
both individual and enterprise to attain success and growth of them. Various forms of
communication channel support the employers and employees to decrease conflict and
misunderstanding which are present at workplace. Time management theory also used in this
assignment to identify the problems and their solutions in a systematic way.

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