Report Plan and Evaluation of Sources

This report discusses the concept of personal and professional development, the value of short term, medium term, and long term goals, and the importance of a Personal Development Plan. It also explores how 'Author, Purpose, Reliability, and Relevance' affect the use of sources. Additionally, it provides an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.

Report plan and
evaluation of sources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Define the concept of personal and professional development...................................................1
Describe and discuss the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples....1
Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
.....................................................................................................................................................1
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.....1
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example
using your identified goals..........................................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source..........................................................................................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................2
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan. ....................................................2
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................6
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example
using your identified goals..........................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
A personal development planning is a procedures that is used to create and develop a plan
that is completely dependent on values, reflection, planning and designing of goal setting,
awareness and development of an individual's personality. It assist to make productive resultant
by which career development, relationship, self-improvements and education so that ability to
gain higher heights in future period of time is increases. The report below consist of role of
personal and professional development planning, description of reliability, relevance, purpose
and author that affect the author usage, evaluation of sources that is induced in plan.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Define the concept of personal and professional development
It is a process that is used to induce better engagement within an individual by which
learning is processed by facing each challenges so that desirable outcome is achieved in future
period of time.
Describe and discuss the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
The short term goals is basically used to reduces procrastination that is lay down effectual
success and it is processed by measuring clear focus within stipulated instance. It assist to keep
motivated by which working productivity is increases so that long term goals are achieved in
timely basis. For example, maintaining daily journal, practising of daily rituals and development
of better habit.
Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
The mid term goals induces significant progress and it is achieved within fewer month to
achieved. It is progressed with support of long term goals by which adequate level of certainty is
developed in organised manner. For example, collection of appropriate knowledge about specific
topic, completion of certificate and collection of feedback.
Describe and discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples
It is a goal that used to motivate or induce self-improvements by which long term
objective and goal is achieved by perfection. In this successful outcome is achieved that induced
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perfection in daily life and attain longer sustainability. For example, completion of course or
degree, become specialist in certain field and finding a stability in professional and personal life.
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using
your identified goals.
There are various benefits and advantages that is processed with support of personal
development plan as it assist to make positive shift in career by which current skills also get
enhanced. It induces adequate learning as by achieving specified task and goals by which
working efficiency and its effectiveness is increases. It offer adequate framework by which
individual strength and weaknesses is addressed by which working capabilities is enhanced and
long term progress is attained with perfection. For example, development plan is considerate and
identified to accomplish stable position within future period of time by which long term
accomplishment of objectives and target is achieved in ordinate manner.
TASK 2
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source.
The author make adequate usage of sources as it is useful while inducing adequate
judgement that assist to collect suitable information about specified topic. In this better level of
clarity is addressed by investigating suitable sources in which level of productiveness is
increases in effective manner. The purpose has effective impact over a mindset of an individual
as in this suitable information is intended by which appropriate reliability is addressed in
productive manner. In this ability to gain suitable information by which individual mental ability
and persuasiveness is increases. In addition capability to get relate with relevant information is
increases that assist to generate higher productiveness over continuous period of instance.
TASK 3
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.
Sources Author(s) Purpose Reliability Relevance
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Becoming a scientist:
The role of
undergraduate research
in students' cognitive,
personal, and
professional
development. Science
education, 91(1), pp.36-
74.
Hunter, A.B.,
Laursen, S.L.
and Seymour,
E
To measure
the impact of
cognitive,
professional
and personal
development.
It is not
reliable as it is
not based on
current year.
It is relevant as
it is completely
dependent on
topic.
Personal therapy as a
mandatory requirement
for counselling
psychologists in
training: A qualitative
study of the impact of
therapy on trainees’
personal and
professional
development. Counselli
ng Psychology
Quarterly, 24(3),
pp.211-232.
Kumari, N To know
about the
mandatory
requirement
by which
suitable
counselling is
adjusted in
prospect of
training.
It is reliable as
it is relatable
to current year.
It is relevant as
in this
adequate skills
is developed in
terms of
training
advancement
that aid
development.
Exploring teacher
identity from a holistic
perspective:
Reconstructing and
reconnecting personal
and professional
selves. Teachers and
teaching, 21(3), pp.305-
327.
Bukor, E To
understand
holistic
perspective
of selves.
Reliable as
related to
previous years.
It is relevent as
provide holistic
preview about
personal and
professional
development.
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Teacher professional
development in
changing conditions.
Dordrecht: Springer.
Beijaard, D.
and et, al
To measure
change in
professional
as per
teaching and
conditions.
It is reliable as
it is older than
10 years.
It is also be
relevant as
professionalis
m is changes
and induced as
per conditions.
Advancing Chemistry
by Enhancing Learning
in the Laboratory
(ACELL): a model for
providing professional
and personal
development and
facilitating improved
student laboratory
learning
outcomes. Chemistry
Education Research and
Practice, 8(2), pp.232-
254.
Buntine,
M.A. and et.
al
To gain
knowledge
about
different
ways that
facilitate
improvement
in outcome
generation.
It is reliable as
related to
recent
workings.
Relevent as
offer adequacy
that improvise
learning
abilities.
Semi-formal learning
communities for
professional
development in mobile
learning. Journal of
Computing in Higher
Education, 20(2),
pp.35-47.
Kukulska-
Hulme, A.
and Pettit, J.
To analyse
effectiveness
of mobile
learning.
Reliable as it
is of not later
than 10 years.
Relevance as
mobile
learning
improvise
working
standards by
which personal
and
professional
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development
increases.
Continuing professional
development and the
charity paradigm:
Interrelated individual,
collective and
organisational issues
about continuing
professional
development. Nurse
education today, 28(8),
pp.953-961.
Munro, K.M To identify
paradigm of
professional
development.
Reliable as it
is not before
than 10 year
Relevant as
consist of
better
development
that is related
to
measurement
of various
issues of
development.
Measuring professional
identity development
among counselor
trainees. Counselor
Education and
Supervision, 53(4),
pp.284-293.
Prosek, E.A.
and Hurt,
K.M
To analyse
the impact of
counselling
of training in
development.
Reliable as
related to
previous year.
Relevant as
offer suitable
identification
of
development.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from above report that personal and professional development
planning enhance overall working facilities so that productive amount of advancement is induced
as by managing perfection. In addition the role of personal planning helps to achieve aims and
objectives so that productive amount of changes is addressed with perfection and also assist to
gain higher success in career as well. In addition various components is considerate that has
directly affected relevance, reliability and purpose. Moreover, different sources are evaluated
that is used while planning a plan.
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APPENDICES
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using
your identified goals.
Personal development plan is a procedure that assures an individual to collect and gain
adequate knowledge and information by which productiveness and profitability is increases with
satisfactoriness. The personal development plan is as addressed below as:
Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time period
Time
management
6 9 In this suitable guidance that is
provided by the higher authority
is processed and with this better
level of clarity is processed with
perfection.
40 days
Oral
Communicatio
n
5 8 It is developed by making more
conversation with others that
build motivation and increases
the ability to connect.
45 days
Team Working 4 7 In this work is processed within
the team in which work is
divided equally in between all
individual's.
38 days
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