Personal Development Planning for Students: Importance and Value

This report discusses the importance and value of Personal Development Planning for students. It covers the concept of personal and professional development, short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, and the value of a Personal Development Plan. The report also includes a Personal Development Plan example and an evaluation of sources.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task One......................................................................................................................................1
Task Two.....................................................................................................................................3
Task Three...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal Development Planning refers to the use of different types of methods and
techniques for the purpose of ensuring that the development in the future can be ensured
(Ambarita, Destini and Septiawan, 2020). Therefore, for the students it is quite important and
should be done by them. In this report, a detailed and specific focus will be made on making the
use of Personal Development Planning so that the management of the needs and requirements of
the customers can be done in a proper manner quite effectively and efficiently.
MAIN BODY
Scenario- I am a student currently pursuing my studies. As a part of our curriculum, it is
quite essential that we are able to undertake the Personal Development Planning which will thus
help in ensuring that we make the right progress in our Academic Career. Thus, for this purpose
we have to learn about the importance of preparation of a Personal Development Plan to attain
the future goals and objectives.
Task One
Concept of Personal and Professional Development- It refers to the overall
development of a particular person which can be done in the future so that increase in efficiency
and effectiveness can be done and therefore in this way management of the needs and
requirements as a student is done (Griban and et.al., 2020).
Value of Short-term goals- These goals are valuable because through them a student can
make sure that he/she is able to make relevant progress in the short-term which will be quite
useful (Liu, 2020). The examples of these goals are-
 Problem-Solving Skills- These skills are quite important because they help in the
assessment of the various types of problems and ensuring that they can be solved quite
effectively and efficiently which will thus be quite helpful for the organizations.
 Critical Thinking Skills- These skills are necessary for the organizations because
through making their use the analysis of the problems can be done and thus a proper
solution can be found in the right manner.
 Communication Skills- Development of these skills will be quite important because this
will help in ensuring that the communication can be done in a right manner with the
different types of people.
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Value of Medium-term goals- It is important that the development of these type of goals is
done by a student so that the development of the own personality can be done in a proper manner
(Lv, Qiao and Verma, 2021). The examples of such goals are-
 Teamwork- It is necessary that the development of teamwork can be done so that the
necessary cooperation and coordination with the team members can be carried out.
 Organization skills- It is also necessary to develop such skills so that the proper and
effective management of the organization's functions and processes can be carried out.
 Attention to detail- It is crucial that its development is done so that the proper
management of the work can be done. This will lead towards better management of the
different types of resources.
Value of Long-term goals- It is crucial that the development of these goals is done by a student
so that the attainment of sustainable level of success can be carried out quite effectively and
efficiently (Polydoros and Alasona, 2021). Thus, the proper management of the long-term needs
and requirements of the students can be carried out. The examples of such type of goals are-
 Negotiation and persuasion skills- These skills are quite important and necessary
because through them the better negotiation and persuasion with the people can be done.
In this way the students can manage their needs and requirements appropriately.
 Leadership skills- These skills are necessary because through their development the
followers can be guided and thus the goals and objectives can be attained in the future.
 Confidence- It is quite necessary that its development can be done in the right way.
Thus, it is very important that the development of confidence can be done so that the
overall needs and requirements can be fulfilled.
Value of Personal Development Plan- The value of a Personal Development Plan is there due
to the reason that the enhancement in the overall level of own efficiency and effectiveness can be
carried out which will therefore be quite important and crucial. Therefore, it is highly important
that the proper use of this plan should be made for the attainment of higher marks in the
Academic Subjects at the University Level (Resch and Schrittesser, 2021). The Personal
Development Plan which will be used by me is as follows-
Personal Development Plan
Skills to be developed Techniques to be
adopted
Controlling and
Monitoring Method
Time required
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Analysis and
Interpretation Skills
Analysis and
Interpretation of the
situations to be done
so that the proper
actions can be taken
accordingly
KPIs 6 months
Communication Skills Communication to be
done with the fellow
classmates in a right
way.
Benchmarking 1 year
Therefore by making the use of PDP, I am able to make sure that I can analyse my own
development in an appropriate way which will therefore help me in ensuring that the corrective
actions can be taken for the future (Zhang and et.al., 2020). Thus, in this way the attainment of
the goals and objectives can be done.
Task Two
Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance is quite important and crucial because
through its use the proper references can be identified and thus their use can be made highly
appropriately so that only the genuine and relevant sources are used (Zhao and et.al., 2021).
Therefore, it is necessary that the appropriate use of these particular references is made
effectively and efficiently.
Task Three
Source Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Ambarita, A.,
Destini,
F. and
Septiawa
n, D.,
2020,
Septemb
er. The
Develop
ment of
   
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Lesson
Plan
Based on
Backwar
d Design
to
Improve
Students'
Critical
Thinking
at
Elementa
ry
School.
In
Proceedi
ngs of
the 4th
Internati
onal
Conferen
ce on
Learning
Innovati
on and
Quality
Educatio
n (pp. 1-
5).
Griban, G. and
et.al.,
2020.
Formatio
n of
health
and
fitness
compete
ncies of
students
in the
process
of
physical
educatio
n.
   
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Liu, K., 2020.
China’s
policy
response
to the
China
US trade
war: An
initial
assessme
nt. The
Chinese
Economy
. 53(2).
pp.158-
176.
   
Lv, Z., Qiao, L.
and
Verma,
S., 2021.
AI-
enabled
IoT-edge
data
analytics
for
connecte
d living.
ACM
Transact
ions on
Internet
Technolo
gy.
21(4).
pp.1-20.
   
Polydoros, G. and
Alasona,
N., 2021.
Using E-
Learning
to Teach
Science
in
Covid-19
   
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Era at
Primary
Educatio
n Level.
Journal
of
Research
and
Opinion.
8(6).
pp.2964-
2968.
Resch, K. and
Schrittes
ser, I.,
2021.
Using
the
Service-
Learning
approach
to bridge
the gap
between
theory
and
practice
in
teacher
educatio
n.
Internati
onal
Journal
of
Inclusive
Educatio
n. pp.1-
15.
   
Zhang, T. and
et.al.,
2020.
Applied
model of
E-
   
6

learning
in the
framewo
rk of
educatio
n for
sustainab
le
develop
ment.
Sustaina
bility.
12(16).
p.6420.
Zhao, Y. and
et.al.,
2021.
Qualitati
ve
explorati
on of
factors
influenci
ng the
plan
selection
process
by
Medicare
beneficia
ries.
Journal
of
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pp.339-
353.
   
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CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that Personal and Professional Development
refers to the way in which the management of the needs and requirements can be done so that the
attainment of a higher-level of efficiency and effectiveness can be carried out. Therefore, in this
way it is highly necessary that the different types of students are able to ensure that their overall
skills and competencies can be enhanced in this way.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Ambarita, A., Destini, F. and Septiawan, D., 2020, September. The Development of Lesson Plan
Based on Backward Design to Improve Students' Critical Thinking at Elementary
School. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Learning Innovation and
Quality Education (pp. 1-5).
Griban, G. and et.al., 2020. Formation of health and fitness competencies of students in the
process of physical education.
Liu, K., 2020. China’s policy response to the China US trade war: An initial assessment. The
Chinese Economy. 53(2). pp.158-176.
Lv, Z., Qiao, L. and Verma, S., 2021. AI-enabled IoT-edge data analytics for connected living.
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 21(4). pp.1-20.
Polydoros, G. and Alasona, N., 2021. Using E-Learning to Teach Science in Covid-19 Era at
Primary Education Level. Journal of Research and Opinion. 8(6). pp.2964-2968.
Resch, K. and Schrittesser, I., 2021. Using the Service-Learning approach to bridge the gap
between theory and practice in teacher education. International Journal of Inclusive
Education. pp.1-15.
Zhang, T. and et.al., 2020. Applied model of E-learning in the framework of education for
sustainable development. Sustainability. 12(16). p.6420.
Zhao, Y. and et.al., 2021. Qualitative exploration of factors influencing the plan selection
process by Medicare beneficiaries. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy.
27(3). pp.339-353.
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