CW2 Portfolio and Reflective Summary

The report discusses the importance of reflective portfolio in learning and career development. It includes a summary of skills and abilities, and documents used for creating it. The documents include photographs, class notes, tutor notes, etc. The report also highlights the importance of presentation, communication, research, reading, and writing skills, and provides tips to improve them. It emphasizes the need to avoid plagiarism and improve group and team skills. The report concludes that reflective portfolio is essential for adding creativity and effectiveness in learning.

CW2 Portfolio and
Reflective Summary

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK...............................................................................................................................................1
Summary.....................................................................................................................................1
Presentation Skills.......................................................................................................................2
Communication Skills.................................................................................................................2
Plagiarism....................................................................................................................................2
Research Skills............................................................................................................................3
Reading Skills.............................................................................................................................3
Listening Skills............................................................................................................................3
Use of capital Letter....................................................................................................................3
Group and team skills..................................................................................................................4
Reflective learning skills.............................................................................................................4
Adaptive Skills............................................................................................................................4
Learning Style.............................................................................................................................4
Writing Skills..............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
References:.......................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Knowledge and creativity are the important aspects which plays an important role in the
learning process of a learners. It has been found that there are several documents, which can help
the learners in learning lesson in an effective and efficient manner. In order to develop portfolio,
these documents are also used (Ashipala, Mazila and Pretorius, 2022). The given report is based
on the different documents used in creating portfolio. It involve the summary of choice of the
portfolio content. In addition to this, it also involve description about the several documents
which are being selected for uploading portfolio.
TASK
Summary
A reflective portfolio is a written record that poetries the primary activity and other
responsibilities of a specific situation within an organisation. According to the agreement, job
analysis evaluates the space of critical abilities, information, and capabilities to perform specific
exercises or to fulfil a given work. A job description can also be viewed as a list of a few
assignments and commitments that must be met in order to complete a given task. The reflective
portfolio also remembers the required capabilities, working conditions, and a variety of other
variables. Work descriptions, I believe, are essential for understanding the wide range of job
requirements. A refractive portfolio is also regarded to be a summary of an individual's ability to
earn money, along with certifications, experience information, and other features that need to be
accessible for them to be regarded for a specific job. The creation of a portfolio aids in
understanding an individual's work. Managers also use portfolios to determine the effectiveness
or ineffectiveness of work performed by employees or individuals. During my studies, all the
given sources are really useful for me on constant basis. I prefer to create portfolio including
several elements which can help me in analysing my overall performance of doing work. There
are several evidences or documents which are being used in the formation of portfolio which
include photographs, guest speaker events, class notes, tutor notes and many more. During the
development of portfolio, I worked on the development of several skills such as communication
skills, learning style, presentation skills, reading skills and many others. The major reason behind
the selection of the explained documents in the development of portfolio is enhancing learning.
Because it has been found that the learners can learn easily and effectively. Through the use of
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different sources, the teachers can make the things more understandable to their students. The
reason behind the selection of these documents is to add the effectiveness and efficiency in the
overall learning of module (Steineder and Clemens, 2019). There are several ways which are
used by the teacher during module learning in order to making the module understandable to the
students.
Presentation Skills
It is well known that the students learn in more effective manner through images as
compared to the text. Through the use of visual tools, it become easy for the students to contain
subject matter. A standard PowerPoint presentation includes images, graphs, diagrams, and
bullet points. It majorly plays an important role in bringing improvement in the capacity of
memory of mind. It also aids students in remembering information for a long duration of time
period. Through the use of PowerPoint presentation, the students can bring improvement in their
intelligence. In addition to this, it benefits teachers' teaching ways. By making the proper use of
several fonts, highlighted content an visual effect, the students can effectively learn the things in
fats manner. It motivates them to write better exam answers.
Communication Skills
It is critical to remember that communication is more than just talking. Verbal and visual
communication tools are always used in optimal communication. It does not only include the use
of images or icons and videos in classroom as it is consider as a perfect manner to convey
information but also making the proper use of non verbal communication. The body language of
a student is a language unto itself. The more dynamic the effect, the better (Cziráki and Kovács,
2018). Through the study of feedback from students, it has been analysed that the teachers who
talk while walking around are performing very well as compared to the teachers who are siting
and reading the text. The best choice is to incorporate evolution, non - verbal description with
expressionistic speaking style, highlighting essential thought with periodic event and accent in
the voice of individual.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as the unauthorised usage of parts or entirety of an article without
providing any proper credit to the original generator or source. Some dishonorable repetition of
any content is crucially considered theft and thus diminishes the content's originality as well as
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trustworthiness. In addition to this, content creators, which include bloggers, researchers and
students, must know about the importance of concept of plagiarism. It Implies huge affect over
the writer who values their writing and it also implies negative effect on the career of content
creator. As a result, they are required to exercise caution when it comes to plagiarism.
Research Skills
There is always room for learning, regardless of a person's career path or position in
society. Same challenges are being faced by the individuals during their academic years.
Students do not want to do research because it act as mental draining process at times.
Nonetheless, in the process of learning and development, it act as major factor because it has
been found that the intellectual growth is not possible without research. The most important
reason for conducting research is to expand one's knowledge. Even if the students are experts in
your field, there is always something new to learn (Möller, Ringsted and Danielsen, 2021). If
they conduct research on a subject that is completely fresh to them, it will assist them to do the
development of their own unique perspective on it. The whole process of research opens up new
approaches related to learning and writing improvement.
Reading Skills
Reading is an important part of learning because it has numerous advantages. Reading is
crucial as it form students higher empathic, enlightened along with creative. As per the study
conducted by the University of Sussex, reading habit of individual can decrease stress by 68
percent. It relieves tension and relaxes muscles, allowing people to sleep better and stay healthy.
It teaches children not only about the world around them, but also about people, while also
developing social-emotional skills and, of course, imagination. Reading exposes us to new
writing styles, voices, forms, and genres.
Listening Skills
Developing strong listening skills will almost always improve job performance. Active
listening has numerous professional benefits. It allows students to better understand what is
being said. It strengthens the ability to connect ideas and information. It shifts perspectives and
challenges assumptions. It encourages them to empathise with others and show respect or
appreciation for them, which may lead to improved work relationships. Honing their listening
skills also helps them to build and improve their self-esteem.
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Use of capital Letter
When teaching capitalization, keep in mind that mastery comes with practise. Students
must learn to recognise and use capital letters in a variety of contexts (Page and et.,al., 2022).
Discover some great ideas for different ways to introduce students to capitalization rules, as well
as options for students to practise the rules so they become second nature to them. Teaching
capitalization entails assisting students in learning, remembering, and applying proper
capitalization in their writing.
Group and team skills
Through learning in group and working in the team leads to the development of overall
organisation. Learning things together leads to the overall development of all the employees. If
the students learn together, they can learn the things in an effective and efficient manner.
Reflective learning skills
Looking in the mirror and describing what one sees is analogous to self-reflection. It is a
technique for assessing oneself, one's work methods, and one's study methods. Simply put,
reflection is the act of thinking about something. Self-reflective writing and reflection are
becoming increasingly important components of any type of study or learning. Instead of always
doing things the same way, reflecting allows students to improve their skills and assess their
effectiveness. It is about questioning what they do and why they do it, and then determining
whether there is a better or more efficient way to do it in the future.
Adaptive Skills
While delivering lectures to the students, it is crucial for the teachers to make sure that
the students adapt all the things in an effective and efficient manner. affectivity in the adaptation
of learning module result in the improvement in the performance of students ( Saglab and et., al.,
2020).
Learning Style
Learning styles can help students reflect on their preferred modes of learning, giving
them more ownership and control over their own education. Learning styles serve as a reminder
that every student is unique. Finally, they can make teaching more enjoyable and help teachers
improve their professional skills.
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Writing Skills
After learning different lessons, all the students can easily learn the things, if they write all their
learnings effectively.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that the reflective portfolio is essential as it
help the individual in developing the summary of the skills and abilities which are being present
or available in a person. It is found as crucial for the individual to add creativity in their learning
abilities as it help them in adding effectiveness and efficiency in their learning. Higher the
creativity in individual leads to higher opportunities in their career. All the above discussed
sources plays an essential role in the process of learning as it aids the learner in learning the
subjects in an effective and efficient manner.
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References:
Books and Journals
Ashipala, D.O., Mazila, B. and Pretorius, L., 2022. A qualitative descriptive enquiry of nursing
students' experiences of utilising a portfolio as an assessment tool in nursing and
midwifery education. Nurse Education Today, 109, p.105259.
Cziráki, G. and Kovács, T., 2018, April. Order and distribution in Portfolio Management. In
Proceedings of International Academic Conferences (No. 7508660). International
Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
Möller, R., Ringsted, C. and Danielsen, N., 2021. Portfolio-a tool for making learning and
competence development visible. Lakartidningen, 118.
Page, N., and et.,al., 2022. Towards a seamlessly integrated and metric-informed professional
development portfolio (PDP).
Saglab, B.A., and et.,al., 2020. Managing Research & Development Portfolio at NASA. In
Innovation Management in the Intelligent World (pp. 139-148). Springer, Cham.
Steineder, D. and Clemens, T., 2019, June. Including Oil Price Uncertainty in Development
Option Selection Taking the Project Portfolio into Account. In SPE Europec featured at
81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition. OnePetro.
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