Personal and Professional Development: Importance of Skill Development and Reflective Learning

This report discusses the importance of skill development and reflective learning in personal and professional development. It includes a reflective cycle using the Gibbs model and a personal development plan with strategies for improving skills such as communication, time management, and research.

Personal and Professional
Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Gibbs model.................................................................................................................................3
Personal Development Plan.........................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Continuous professional development is a process where an individual learner can be able
to enhance and develop their skill set in accurate manner and can grow in their life accordingly.
It is a learning activity from which a person can be able to understand its own ability and
strength for the better future growth. The report will illustrate the refection process by utilizing
the reflection model where it will demonstrate the good understanding of the skill-sets which will
help an individual for the employment and for professional development (Lane and Roberts,
2022). In addition, it will also include an action plan which will make a brief understanding of
areas of improvement and the activities which will make a person to adopt the skills and grow
perfectly.
MAIN BODY
Gibbs model
The Gibbs model of reflection in the set of the six different stages which help an
individual to express and demonstrate their experience in understandable way. Here, performing
this model in brief manner which will help me to elaborate my learning experience accurately.
Description: The module has described the different areas and skills which will be very
beneficial for me for the future growth and also for professional level. During the module
learning, my tutor helps me to makes me understand the importance of skills in the individual
life where anybody can learn and can grow themselves accurately. For the better understanding
of these skills my tutor has made a section of the courses and classes where each of the student
can be able to understand and adopt the clear vision of their future professional growth by
enhancing the different kinds of skills (Ahmed, 2019). During the session or module learning my
tutor has demonstrated a quite good knowledge of the skill-sets which will be very beneficial for
me in the future career growth and development.
Feelings: Before the starting of the module lesson, I was quite nervous and conscious about the
skills which are going to explain by the tutor as I was not able to have different kinds of skills in
myself which is creating a change feeling in myself. As, the module learning started my tutor
was focusing on each and every individual student including me as we are able to understand the
importance of the different kinds of skill or not. I was nervous which was easily reflected from
my facial expression and my tutor asked and tries me to stay comfortable and motivated while

learning these skills. My teacher has supported me with creating good environment in the
session, and makes me to feel good. After the expatiation has been started I was having a blissful
feeling that I am going to learn the different skills importance and its effectiveness which will
make to me to grow accurately in the future.
Evaluation: Throughout the module, I came to learn about the skills which will be very useful
and beneficial for me in the future career growth and my tutor was also supporting me to
understand each area of the learning. While learning and knowing these different skill-sets I was
suffered from some difficulties at some point where I was not able to capture and obtain the
meaning and understanding of the skill which was quite disappointed for me (Persson, Kvist, and
et.al., 2018). But after the help from my tutor, I was able to feel courageous and can be able to
learn and adopt the detailed about the course. From this module learning I was having a good
impact on myself as from the tutor help I can be able to create a better understanding of the
learning.
Analysis: During the module, I came to learn many skills where I firstly able to adopt the
importance of communication skill which is very important and essential for me in the career
way. This communication skill includes written and verbal learnings where I can be able to
communicate with another person effectively and can convey my speech in accurate and
understandable manner. Secondly, I was able to adopt the research skill which will help me to
identify the needs and requirements and even obstacles of the people which will help me to
resolve and bring the solutions of particular demand.
Along with this, I was also able to learn about the team working and networking areas
which helps me to do work together and can provide the effective outcome. With this team
working skill, I was also able to get know about the importance of time and self management
skills which will help and supports me to complete my task and assignment on time and can
provide the result in better manner (Ashipala, and et.al., 2022). Even, from the module I am also
able to understand the use of ICT skill which means information and communication technology
as it will help me to mange and monitor my own learning and can be able to throw the correct
ideologies. Also, develop the problem-solving skills which will help me to provide a correct
solution of the issue and can convey the effective result accordingly. Learning all these skills
helps me to grow and develop my career and future growth.

Conclusion: In the conclusion, I realized that skills plays an important and very effective role in
an individual life where a person can be able to build their career. At first, I was not ready and
felt nervous during the learning but after that I was able to capture and adopt the effective skill
learning which will be beneficial for me for the future job role (Hoa and Tuan, 2020).
Action: At the time of learning, I was able to adopt the skills at perfect manner but still requires
to enhance the particular skill which needs regular practice and implementation of the skills on
regular basis which will help me to improve accurately.
Personal Development Plan
Skills or areas that
need to be
improved
Strategies required
for the improvement
of skills
Measure of outcome Time frame
The use of
Information and
Communication
Technology(ICT)
I will give
importance on
regularly
practising the
tools and
completing
more and more
projects which
will result in
developing
these skills.
I will join
courses that will
focus on the
development of
the ICT skills
It can be measured
through the accuracy of
the projects submitted
and tasks performed.
It will require a period
of 5-6 months in the
development of these
skills as they require a
better more time and a
better understanding.

Team work and
networking
I will take part
in group
activities like
games, projects
etc. to develop a
deeper
understanding
of team work.
Giving
relevant inputs
and respecting
the views and
ideas of others
when I am
working in a
team.
The result can be
measured by the amount
of connections that I
will be having and the
behaviour of those
people. For example, I
can measure this skill if
I will be able to stay
comfortable while
working in a team and
also can be able to
provide the
effectiveness to the
particular task (Day and
Hadfield, 2020).
These skills require a
time period of 3-4
months to give a
useful outcome.
Problem solving
skills
I will take a
course which
will provide me
with relevant
questions that
will enhance my
problem solving
skills.
Preparing and
implementing
an action plan
will help in
The outcome can be
measured by
successfully solving the
problems that arise
frequently.
This skill will require
a period of 3-4 months
to develop completely.

solving difficult
problems.
Time and self-
management
Making a to-do
tasks list every
day to complete
the daily tasks
more
effectively.
Their outcome can be
measured daily by
checking if the tasks are
completed on time or
not.
These skills will
require a period of 2-3
months to bring a
successful change in
my personality.
Research skills I can be able to
improve my
research skills
by gathering the
information and
utilizing the
newspaper and
articles which
will enhance my
research skills
and can be able
to improve them
accurately.
Searching for
important
material on the
internet as it has
a lot of data
(Dahl, 2019).
The outcome of this
skill can be measured
through the grade I will
be getting in my
assignments and
projects.
This skill will require
a period of 1-2 months
to develop completely.
Communication Taking part in It can be measured A period of 3-4

skills: verbal and
written
public speaking
events regularly
and reading
good literature
will help me in
improving my
communication
skills.
through responses from
people after
communicating with
me. To ask for review
of my articles from my
superiors can also be a
great choice.
months will be
required to improve
my communication
skills.
CONCLUSION
The report has concluded the importance of skill in the individual life to grow and
develop the professional areas. It has included the reflective cycle from where it has
demonstrated the learning experience of the module and its effectiveness where learner can be
able to develop the professional level.

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