Academic Skills and PDP Report: Goals, Source Evaluation, Conclusion

This report delves into the realm of academic skills and personal development planning (PDP). It meticulously explores the significance of personal and professional development, emphasizing the creation of a PDP for career advancement and self-improvement. The report dissects the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing illustrative examples for each. Furthermore, it elucidates the importance of a personal development plan in fostering self-reflection and guiding individuals towards their aspirations. The report then transitions to a critical analysis of sources, discussing how author, purpose, reliability, and relevance affect their use. It includes a detailed evaluation of various sources, assessing their reliability and relevance. The conclusion synthesizes the key findings, reinforcing the importance of PDP in learning and personal growth. The report also includes an appendix with an improvement plan outlining skills to be formed, resources needed, and target dates for accomplishment.

Academic skills
and PDP
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development...................................................................................................3
Value of short term goals with examples.................................................................................................3
Value of medium term goals with examples............................................................................................3
Value of long term goals.........................................................................................................................4
Value of personal development plan........................................................................................................4
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................5
Discuss author, purpose, reliability and relevance affect use of source...................................................5
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of sources..............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX:................................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The term academic skill is a collection of core skills such as presentation skills,
referencing and academic writing which is more reflective and critical thinking (Jurkowski and
Hänze, 2017). Personal development planning is a procedure which is reflects to learning,
performance and achievement of personal plan. In this report, topics should be covered which are
named as personal and professional development plan, short term, medium terms and long term
goals, value of personal development plan, describe author, purpose, relevance and reliability
and evaluation of sources.
TASK 1
Personal and professional development
Personal and professional development plan required many skills and development of
competence will need to be accomplishing in order to support their improvement and
development of career planning. Personal development plan is to create a reflection and action
plan within their relation to career education or self improvement.
Value of short term goals with examples
These goals described that they want to accomplish their goals in close to upcoming years
and it can be set their goals could be accomplish today 1 week, 3 to 4 months or a year. It is
important for students or organization because they allow towards accomplishing their long term
goals (Grit, 2019). It boosts their motivation so it will be easier to recognize their long term goals
through short term. Value o short term goals is to reach their long term goal and help how far and
how long they have to travel for reach their ultimate destination.
Examples of short term goals
 Communication skills
 To build a morning routine
 presentation skills
Value of medium term goals with their examples
These goals are accomplish after short term which have to build together to maintain their
long term goals. This goal could be accomplished to take months or 3 to 4 years for reach their

fulfillment. It helps to people motivated or each and every path these are interconnected to
accomplish their goals and objectives (Rahayu and Wijaya, 2018). Value of this goals is to offer
both long and short term goals that different person needs to be accomplishing their goals and
objectives.
Examples of medium term goals
 To start new business
 Graduate from college
 Improvement of work skills
Value of long term goals
This term means that to fulfill their goals and objectives will always take time, efforts for
accomplishing their plan. Long term goals are that they can do for future purpose and it is most
significant for successful career planning. It should be requiring time and planning and they can
be accomplished for more than 5 year. It is often require a good time deal for daily planning in
order to reach an ultimate goals and objectives. Value of long term goals is to add meaning in
true lives and finding relationships that guide each and every life for helping a right decision in
our lives.
Examples of long term goals
 Learn to speak a foreign language
 Learn to leadership function
 Get a degree in reputed university
Value of personal development plan
It is procedures for improve oneself through their various habits and activities for
personal growth and ensure that better quality of life depend upon dreams and aspirations. It is a
document for self reflection, improvement which acts up a action plan for fulfill their personal
and career based goals (Rittle-Johnson, Zippert, and Boice, 2019). It is mandatory that managers
help to fulfill their dreams and good plan should always focus on path towards success and allow
making better decision in life. Value of personal development plan is to gives a clear vision and
ideas where they will be next few months or years.

TASK 2
Discuss author, purpose, reliability and relevance affect use of source
Author: They should affect use of source where they can get new ideas so that can
extend their knowledge and experience for specific subject and maintain arguments which
understand their research part.
Purpose: It is more significant that they should affect their information source so that
they should inform how reliable information is and common sources are to entertain, inspire and
many more.
Reliability: Reliable source to provide well theory, discussion based on well-built data
and some source provide articles online for free basis (Jurkowski and Hänze, 2017).
Relevance: Good information provide better relevance source and consider most
significant information needs to be researched. A relevant information can answer all question
and all aspects of evaluation must be taken into determine relevance
TASK 3
Evaluation of sources
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Journals Anderson, P. and
Tilton, E., 2017
The purpose of
this is to create
an action plan in
proper manner.
This is reliable
for this author
It is relevant
Books
Grit, R., 2019
The purpose of
this is to manage
competencies for
PDP
It is reliable
because they
manage their
competencies
This is relevant
for this sources

Journals Simpson, J. R.,
2019
To identify their
goals and
strategies
It should be
reliable source to
measure goals
It should be
relevant because
to identify some
strategic goals
are recognized
Journals Tsai, J. W.,
Vanderford, N.
L. and Muindi,
F., 2018
To optimize their
individual
development
plan is the main
purpose
This is reliable
source for this to
improve their
development
plan
It is relevant for
this to improve
plan
Journals Quinton, S. and
Smallbone, T.,
2018
The main
purpose of this to
improve learning
feedbacks
It is not reliable
because feedback
should be solved
This is relevant
for this source
because it should
enhanced their
feedback
problem
Journal McGill, C.M.,
Heikkila, M. and
Lazarowicz, T.,
2020
To develop their
performance
expectation and
academic advisor
It is not reliable
for this author
because they
needs
performance
expectation
It is relevant to
improve
customer
expectation and
recognize their
performance
Books Cottrell, S., 2019 To improve
study skills
It is reliable for
his sources they
needs to improve
study or
academic skills
It is relevant
Journals Zhang, D.,
Lindholm, G.
and Ratnaweera,
H., 2018
The main
purpose of this is
to use their long
term to used their
It is reliable
source
This is relevant
because they
need to consider
shot term as well

internet things as long term
CONCLUSION
As per above information, it has been concluded that personal development plan base do
their learning and experiences for oneself. This report covers of small, average and long term
goals are recognized, charge of personal development plan and evaluates their sources of author,
reliability, relevance and purpose.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Grit, R., 2019. Managing your competencies: personal development plan. Routledge.
Jurkowski, S. and Hänze, M., 2017. A closer look at social skills and school performance:
students’ peer relations skills and assertion skills as predictors for their written and oral
performances. European journal of psychology of education. 32(1). pp.79-95.
Rahayu, Y. S. and Wijaya, B. R., 2018. Implementation of science process skills using ICT-
based approach to facilitate student life skills. In IOP Conference Series: Materials
Science and Engineering (Vol. 296, No. 1, p. 012035). IOP Publishing.
Rittle-Johnson, B., Zippert, E. L. and Boice, K. L., 2019. The roles of patterning and spatial
skills in early mathematics development. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 46.
pp.166-178.
Valickas, A., Raišienė, A. G. and Rapuano, V., 2019. Planned happenstance skills as personal
resources for students’ psychological wellbeing and academic
adjustment. Sustainability. 11(12). p.3401.

APPENDIX:
Skills to be formed Improvement plan Resources Target date to be
accomplished
Presentation skills To improve my
presentation skills I
have to rehearsing in
front of family,
friends and mirror
Online websites,
events of TED talks
By August 2021
To start a business To develop my start a
new business, for this
I have to purchase a
land and then
construct then
investigate which is
best appropriate for
me.
Online websites
business, Ghar
dekho.com websites
and learn about how
to manage things
By December 2023
Learn to speak
foreign language
Learn basic language
of French, improve
vocabulary and attend
classes.
Join MIT classes,
learning websites or
coaching for French
classes
By January 2025