Analysis of Academic Skills and Personal Development in Education

This report delves into the concepts of academic skills and personal development, emphasizing their importance for individual growth and career advancement. It defines academic skills as strategies and learning habits that enhance knowledge acquisition and time management. The report explores personal and professional development, highlighting short, medium, and long-term goals with examples, and underscores the value of a personal development plan (PDP) for managing individual growth. It also discusses how author, purpose, relevance, and reliability affect the use of sources, followed by an assessment of various sources used in the report. The conclusion stresses the significance of continuous development for career success and provides a comprehensive overview of the discussed topics.

Academic skills and
PDP

Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Personal as well as professional development.........................................................................................3
Short term goals with examples...............................................................................................................3
Medium term goals with examples..........................................................................................................4
Long term goals including examples.......................................................................................................4
Value of personal development plan........................................................................................................4
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................5
Description of author, purpose, relevance as well as reliability which affect the use of source...............5
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................5
Assessment of eight sources which are used in report plan.....................................................................5
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
In relation with academic skills they are defined as a collection of certain strategies as
well as learning habits with respect to time management tool that help all learners to learn and
gain efficient level of knowledge. In context with personal and professional development plan it
refers to the concept of managing an individual growth level along with the career. It is very
much crucial for a person to learn and enhance all abilities on continuous basis in order to assure
proper work safety and development in both legal as well as efficient manner (Aliu, Aigbavbo
and Thwala, 2021).It also relates to a continuous professional development. The report involves
the concept of both professional and personal development, value of medium, short, long term
and personal development plan. It also includes the discussion in relation with how author,
purpose, relevance and ability affect the source, evaluation of sources followed by conclusion.
The report is based on academic skills of a learner.
TASK 1
Personal as well as professional development
Personal development is in relation with those activities which help in enhancing and
developing the potential level of an individual, employability and at the same point of time
making improvements in context with the quality of life. It generally occurs across the whole life
of an individual. The main goal of personal and professional development is to offer individual
different kinds of opportunities and help then in managing their growth level and enhance the
career aspects. It is crucial for every person to gain knowledge and develop the abilities so that
better efficiency can be built up. There are various ways through which personal and
professional development of an individual can be managed. It is further been explained as
below:-
 Clear goal about what is needed to achieve:- The moment an individual plans about their
goals and targets it becomes easy for them to manage overall development process.
 Determining and taking correct opportunities:- In terms of efficient level of training it is
not just about gaining knowledge but it is also needed to find out various opportunities
which could involve the usage of overall information, familiarity as well as certain
abilities which helps in gathering right opportunities for all persons ( Burke, 2021).
Short term goals with examples
In accordance with short term goals they are defined as those goals and objectives which
can be achieved by a person in their coming future .They are mainly in relation with that concept
in which individuals would like to achieve their targets very soon. There are some examples of
having short term goals which is been defined as below:-
 Communicating with other workers in context with developing communication skills
 Enhancement of individual’s performance in numbers

 Improving people communication as well as certain networking skills
Medium term goals with examples
Medium term goals refer to two objectives which take limited period of time to achieve.
It can be fulfilled even in weeks or in months also. These type of objectives provides efficient
skills and abilities and at the same point of time lead to development of individuals. They are
considered as those goals in which many objectives are planned during the phase of career and
also during the lifespan period of time ( McKenna, Baxter and Hainey, 2017). There are certain
examples which are defined as below:-
 Thinking about time line and also managing the risk to enhance the level of development.
 Assuring the care of persons saving along with having money to deal with emergency
situations.
Long term goals including examples
Long term goals are defined as those aims which a person wants to fulfill in their coming
future and in accordance with these objectives proper planning and time is required. They
provide proper guidance to everyday life which is considered as a beneficial method to make
proper decisions ( Alnaggar, Gzara and Bookbinder, 2021). In context with its examples it is
defined as below:-
 Becoming leader of enhanced skills and abilities through personal and professional
development.
 Long term deals in determining and building up career of individual’s choice which they
want to carry forward.
Value of personal development plan
Personal development plan is considered as an individual development plan which
involves a statement of person ambitions, level of education and training. Besides this, certain
strengths and aptitudes which need to be plan to achieve. In context with the individual personal
development plan it is been defined as below:-
Development goal Objectives Strategy for
development
Time
Academic writing skills To become capable
of accomplishing
success with
effective writing
skills
Learning from
practice, directions
from teachers as well
as senior executives
5 Months

Effective communication
skills
Becoming able to
effectively
communicate and
lead proper
interaction
Taking help from
tutors as well as
exercising through
sharing of ideas.
6 Months
Expansion of knowledge
as well as skills for
leadership
To create strong
base for long term
career growth in
leading and
influencing.
Influencing behaviors
of others.
2 Years
TASK 2
Description of author, purpose, relevance as well as reliability which affect the use of source
It has been determined that purpose, reliability, author and relevance affect the use of
source. As an individual the gathering of information from various sources to carry out certain
projects that mainly involve magazines, books and different articles also. They identify and
evaluate each and every source in terms of defining effective quality of information which is
provided. The main purpose is to provide all data and pursue further. Author is defined as states
who are a writer along with overall reliability and relevant sources to determine citations,
bibliography along with certain footnotes which are gathered by original source.
TASK 3
Assessment of eight sources which are used in report plan
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
2021 Aliu, J., Aigbavboa,
C. and Thwala, W.,
Purpose is to
find goals
Reliable Effective
2021 Burke, M.H., Motive is to
plan growth
Reliable Highly
important
2017 McKenna, G.,
Baxter, G. and
Hainey, T.,
Determine
personal
development
Highly Reliable Highly
relevant
2021 Alnaggar, A., Identify growth Reliable Ensures

Gzara, F. and
Bookbinder, J.H.,
development
2019 Smith, A.P. and
Firman, K.,
Determine
career
opportunities
Carries
moderate
reliability
Provides
career paths
2017 Pitan, O.S. and
Atiku, S.O.,
Provides
personal
development
Highly reliable Highly
relevant
growth
2019 Najib, S.A.M.,
Mahat, H. and
Baharudin, N.H.,
Examine
various options
Carries
moderate
reliability
Effectively
present
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that for an individual career it is very
important to have efficient level of growth in their life. It is necessary to have personal and
professional development which helps in learning a sense of carrying out all operations. There
are various short, medium and long term objectives for an individual which they need to achieve
in their near future.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Burke, M.H., 2021. Multi-Linear Regression of Georgia Milestones and English Proficiency
Assessment Access 2.0 on Georgia’s Middle School English Language Learners (Doctoral
dissertation, Mercer University).
McKenna, G., Baxter, G. and Hainey, T., 2017. E-portfolios and personal development: a higher
educational perspective. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.
Alnaggar, A., Gzara, F. and Bookbinder, J.H., 2021. Crowdsourced delivery: A review of
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Smith, A.P. and Firman, K., 2019. Associations between the wellbeing process and academic
outcomes. Journal of Education, Society and Behavioral Science, 32(4), pp.1-10.
Pitan, O.S. and Atiku, S.O., 2017. Structural determinants of students’ employability: Influence
of career guidance activities. South African Journal of Education, 37(4).
Najib, S.A.M., Mahat, H. and Baharudin, N.H., 2020. The Level of STEM Knowledge, Skills,
and Values among the Students of Bachelor's Degree of Education in Geography. International
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