Self Development and Responsibility

This report discusses the importance of self development and responsibility skills in academic life and future career. It covers various skills such as time and task management, group formation, presentation skills, communication skills, academic integrity, academic writing skills, and more. The report also highlights how these skills help in academic life and provides references for further reading.

Self Development and
Responsibility
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
SKILL REFLECTION.....................................................................................................................4
Time and task management skill:................................................................................................4
Group formation:.........................................................................................................................5
Presentation Skills.......................................................................................................................5
Communication Skills.................................................................................................................6
Academic integrity:.....................................................................................................................6
Academic writing skills:..............................................................................................................7
Value of reflection.......................................................................................................................8
Employability skills:....................................................................................................................8
CV writing:..................................................................................................................................9
Writing a cover letter...................................................................................................................9
Plagiarism....................................................................................................................................9
Reading skills.............................................................................................................................10
HOW SKILLS HELP IN ACADEMIC LIFE...............................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
Portfolio can be defined as the academic work of a student used in educational sector so that
they are able to develop some skills that are required for the purpose of development of overall
employability skills in a individual. It is used for the purpose of making a detailed evaluation of
learning’s that have been accomplished and having standard criteria, grade promotions,
graduation etc. this report consist of a reflective account that consist of various skills on the
course work.
SKILL REFLECTION
During the tenure of my college I used various different type that are part of the scaling
system and are sued by me in the class lectures. There have been weekly division of some of the
skills that I have leant during my class lectures and such skills are mentioned below:
Time and task management skill:
Task is regarded as a piece of work that has to be done by me in the assignment. Task
management is basically a process that is used for purpose of management of task. I was able to
learn this skill of time management to accomplish such goals in the given time frame. It is a skill
that is going to help me in the long rum top utilize my team in the most effective manner and
determine my overall priorities according to the limited time frame allotted to me by my
superiors and authorized person. This skill as a student is going to help me in management of
my work according to the requirements.
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Group formation:
There are two aspects of this skills formation of groups and teams. Group us when people
with common interest have a interaction on other hand work team is a group of people that
posses complementary skills for achievement of a common mission. I have developed skills to
make and form a group with the help of various norms of group behavior that I have able to
successfully learn during the course of my class lectures. I also leant that thee laws exist two
types of groups such as formal groups and informal groups and both are part of every
organization that contribute to completion of the assigned tasks.
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Presentation Skills
In the class in got an opportunity to acquire some of the presentation skills. It is a skill that
plays a very important part in the life of a individual as it actually provides a skills to connect
with people and gain a effective leadership position. It was going to help me in future by
motivating other, gaining of a leadership position and becoming more influential. I was also able
to learn that what some disadvantages of having bad presentation skills are. I was successfully
bale to acquire the skill related to different stages that are required to provide a effective and
good presentation and it consist of basic six steps treating with understanding of our audiences
and ending with the process of delivery and evaluation.
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Figure 3
Communication Skills
Communication skill can be defined as a skill that is very important for a individual. I was
also able to acquire this very important skill during my class lectures and it consist of various
different aspects such as verbal communication, writing communication skills. Skills
communication, electronic communication etc. All these communication skills are actually very
helpful in making effective communication by use of words, pitch modulation, the body
language of person. I was successfully able to learn that it is very necessary to make some
effective communications in order to promote cordial relationships and also creation of healthy
& a happy environment. It also leads to creation of a positive work culture inn future course of
my employability.
Figure 4
Academic integrity:
I have been able to learn about the integrity that is a virtue of a character and has three
steps such as discerning, acting and saying openly. As a student I have been able to learn that
there is requirement of being honest and recognize in detail what impact I am able to put on
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others. It has helped me in development of overall character and the acts of wholeness. I was
able to develop the skills of academic integrity on which it is in concern with the ethical and
moral issues. I also learnt a opposite concept such as academic honesty that is related to some of
the unfair advantage and not working honesty. So, I was able to develop an understanding of this
concept in a better manner.
Figure 5
Academic writing skills:
In the course of class lectures that are related to ability to write about thoughts and the
ideas in detail to understating the style. It will be helping me in the future to face all the cognitive
challenges that are taking place. It ahs developed me a confidence to write and more thoughts to
face all situations whether positive or negative. Another skill that is related with academic wiring
is the group discussion in which I clearly developed the overall understands of the checklist that
has to be adopted while indulged into academic writing. I was able to develop an understanding
of what are some features of a academic writing such as structured, complex, formal; and clear.
Apart from this there is also a requirement to be extremely cautious and responsible while
indulged into academic writing. I also learnt the importance of paragraphs in academic writing.
All these skills are extremely useful in development of a clear understanding of the points while
making a academic writing.
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Figure 6
Value of reflection
In the classroom and all the class lectures on skill on which I had to work was that is
reflection where is hard to understand what all a reflection is about. I was able to understand the
concept of reflection where there was a need to deal with various issues such as the present status
of me, recognition of my feelings in a present scenario and a detailed analysis of the situation.
All these aspects actually helped me in developing a understanding of various concepts that are
associated with effective and timely learning. It actually helps a person in making a transition
from passive towards active learning that is going to be helpful in the future course of
employment for a individual.
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Employability skills:
Apart from the above mentioned skills I was also able to learn in detail about the
employability skills. There are some major attributes that are associated with employability
skills. In t eh course of classroom lectures I learnt that it is divided in four major categories that
are leadership and self development, creativity, social and ethical awareness and last one is
acquisition of the knowledge and its application in detail. All these are four basic attributes that
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is actually understood and had to apply in the practical situations to develop its understanding in
detail.
Figure 8
CV writing:
It is also a skill that is will be very helpful once my academic career will be completed
and I will be into staring my job career. The first step will be to prepare a effective CV. It is a
skill that is required compulsorily by a student while he is willing to start a career. In this a CV
has to be used which consist of a detailed information about outlining in brief about various
achievements, experiences, awards and qualifications. It will be able to demonstrate the potential
I will posses and reflect it in best possible manner to increase my employability for my
perspective employer in the due course of my job. I learnt that there is great importance of a
good and attractive CV that is going to be very helpful in my future.
Writing a cover letter
In the classroom lectures another most important skill that I was able to learn was writing
a cover letter. In this I developed a understanding of the rules of how to write a effective cover
letter. Such as it should start with a opening paragraph, body paragraphs and end with a closing
paragraph. Apart from this I also learnt that cover letter must always be free from grammatical
errors and any type of inconsistencies. All this is going to help me in future for formation of
correct cover letters.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a illegal activity in which there is persuasion of other opinion and reviewing
it by own. In course of my academic lectures I was taught about the situations of plagiarism and
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how it has a negative impact on career of a individual. I was very sure that it is going to impact
me in future in a negative manner as there is requirement that every individual must stay away
from any cases of Plagiarism. It is a part of illegal activity.
Figure 9
Reading skills
Reading skill plays a very important part in life of a individual both as a student and as a
person at job role. It is a skill that is present ion life of every student and in the staring days of
my university I used to spend hours for reading some good content, books and various journals. I
understood the importance of reading effectively and this going to be very helpful in my future
course of activities and when I will be working under a employer.
Figure 10
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HOW SKILLS HELP IN ACADEMIC LIFE
The overall experience of me has been identified in these documents and those have been
very effective and helpful for learning such dynamic skills that I would have not been able to
learn otherwise. The classroom lecturers at university and the weekly presentations lead to
development of such skills in such a manner that I completely gained lot of confidence ion
dealing with such business situation now in a better manner. There are many skill such as
presentation skills, plagiarism and its impact on a student, communication skill that is going to
help me in making effected communication has shaped my personality in a more better manner. I
also helped me in getting more confidence in interaction with my fellow classmates and in future
with my colleagues. All these skills will be helping me in delivering my views and
communicating them be development of some more effective conversations that I could hardly
do earlier. Apart from this I have also been able to learn some skills such as writing of CV that
can help me in building up my CV according to the requirements that can help me get a good job
and then make it more effective. Also, i was able to learn the skills of writing up a cover letter
that is going to be reflected in mu future course of work.
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These skills are going to help me in performing my assigned duties and task in a more
appropriate manner. It is also going to be reflecting in my higher grades that is going to lead
towards a positive impact on my academic career. I have successfully able to gain a lot of
confidence in the way I am talking and making interaction with other. Such skills are going to be
very helpful in successful completion my assigned duties & responsibilities. It is going to lead
towards a competitive advantaged in the long run as I wile b performing my duties. Apart from
this it is also going to help me in shaping my personality and the way I am going to deal with the
future issues and challenges that will be occurring in future. The presentation skills and
reflection skills are two most important aspects that are going to be used as a skill that will be
helping me in understand various related concepts and theories that are part of the overall
learning process of a student and in their future course of work that has to be performed. These
skills actually help to improve the employability of a employee in comparison with other
individuals and also in case of providing a competitive advantage to a individual in the changing
external scenario where there has been a very high competition.
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CONCLUSION
According to the above report it can eb said that classroom learning is a great tool that can
help a student in development of some skills that are very important from the point of shaping
overall career and also in creation of very effective personality. It is not only helpful as a student
and their career growth in the future when they are willing to work for a organization such skills
are going to be reflected in their quality to world and overall contribution that such students are
able to make with the help o f these skills that required by them in theory process of learning in
the classroom.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Baker, C. N.and et. al., 2015. Teacher (mis) perceptions of preschoolers’ academic skills:
Predictors and associations with longitudinal outcomes. Journal of educational
psychology.107(3). p.805.
Basturkmen, H., 2014. Ideas and options in English for specific purposes. Routledge.
Flores, N., Kleyn, T. and Menken, K., 2015. Looking holistically in a climate of partiality:
Identities of students labeled long-term English language learners. Journal of Language,
Identity & Education.14(2). pp.113-132.
Valentino, R.A. and Reardon, S.F., 2015. Effectiveness of four instructional programs designed
to serve English learners: Variation by ethnicity and initial English proficiency. Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis.37(4). pp.612-637.
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