Academic Skills and PDP Report: Goals, Planning, and Evaluation

This report delves into the realm of academic skills and personal development planning (PDP), encompassing a comprehensive exploration of professional and personal growth strategies. It begins by defining the core concepts of professional and personal development, setting the stage for a detailed examination of goal-setting across short, medium, and long-term horizons. The report provides practical examples for each goal type, highlighting their significance in fostering personal and professional advancement. Furthermore, it underscores the value of a well-structured Personal Development Plan, emphasizing its role in self-assessment, career planning, and the realization of individual aspirations. The analysis extends to evaluating the reliability, relevance, and purpose of various sources, alongside a structured evaluation of different source types, including books and journals. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and reiterating the importance of a proactive approach to personal and professional development. An appendix including a personal development plan is also included.

Academic Skills and
PDP
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Concept of professional and personal development.................................................................................3
Short term goals with examples...............................................................................................................3
Medium term goals..................................................................................................................................4
Long term goals along with examples.....................................................................................................4
Value of personal development plan........................................................................................................4
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................5
Discuss author, reliability, relevance and purpose which should be affect source...................................5
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................5
Sources of evaluation..............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX:................................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills and PDP is collection of study habits, strategies for learning and prepare
time management tools that will helpful for students to learn something new (Beagon, 2018). It
is made up of core skills such as academic writing, presentation skills which involve more
complex skills such as reflective thinking. Personal development plan are consist of creating an
action plan which is based on value, awareness and reflection for personal development within
their career planning and self improvement are considered. In this report, personal and
professional development short, medium and long term goal along with examples, value of
personal development plan, discuss author, reliability, relevance and purpose and evaluation of
sources.
TASK 1
Concept of professional and personal development
Professional development is helpful to improving their skills to meet their better needs
for students. The main goal of professional development is to give their opportunity for learn
something new and apply knowledge and skills that will helpful to get better job. Personal
development is used to assess their skills, qualities and experiences that would be consider
setting their life goals in order to maximize their potential skills ad capabilities.
Short term goals with examples
This goal define that students want to achieve their goals in a very short period of time
and it may be around 1 week, 3 months or 1 year to be considered. It helps to boost their
motivation level for long term goals through short term (Cooksey and McDonald, 2019). The
value of short term goals which is reach a proper goal and help how far and how long which they
have to travel their proper destination place.
Examples:
 Presentation skills
 Daily routine are maintain
 Communication skills

Medium term goals
These types of goals are should be define that they have to build together this goal and it
is to be accomplished to take months or 3 to 5 years are should be considered (Jackson, 2018). It
helps to accomplish after short term and these goals are interconnected link between short term
and long term goals. The value of medium term goals is they should provide needs for different
person for achieving their goals and objectives in organizations.
Examples of medium term:
 To start new business
 Betterment of work skills
 Properly graduate from college
Long term goals along with examples
Long term are needs to be considered that they have to predict for more than 5 year and it
is fulfilling their requirements to take time and efforts for upcoming year of purpose. It is always
come after short term and long term and it requires some time for planning and designing their
purpose for more than 5 year. Value of long term is to add true meaning of their lives and
maintain relationship with each and every person to help for making good decision in business.
Examples of long term are as follows:
 To speak new language
 To maintain our personality
 CEO in reputed firm
Value of personal development plan
Personal development plan are should be determine each and every person has create its
own reflection and improve their self development which is depend upon their life and
aspirations (Manfra, 2019). Managers are helpful to fulfill their dreams and mainly focus on
personal growth of business and allow making better decision in life. Value of personal
development plan is to provide a clear vision and mission statement that will be accomplished
through few months or few years.

TASK 2
Discuss author, reliability, relevance and purpose which should be affect source
Author: Author is determining that they should use of source some various new ideas
and thoughts which can be generate through some knowledge and experience to maintain and
build their arguments.
Purpose: It should also affect use of source which can affect most of information that
would be related to purpose and inform that relevant information are should be generated not
other unnecessary words (Yu, 2019).
Reliability: Reliability shows that information are provided which should be relevant as
per other instruction which means well defined theory, based on some skills and information and
provide relevant articles for free basis.
Relevance: If there is provide relevant information so it will be easy to determine that
some important information is needed to be researched. It can answer all questions which is
related all aspects of evaluation must be taken into consideration (Beagon, 2018).
TASK 3
Sources of evaluation
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Journal Beagon, U., 2018 The main
purpose is to
importance of
professional
skills
It is reliable
source for this
author
This part is
relevant for this
source
Book Cooksey, R. and
McDonald, G.,
2019
The purpose is
thriving in
research for what
skills which I
need
This is reliable
because they
discuss about
research part
It is relevant
source which is
used to
determine some
skills and
information

Book Jackson, A. A.,
2018
To development
of their life in
academic skills
and personal
development
It is reliable for
development
plan and
academic skills
This source is
relevant because
they provide
valuable
information
Journal Manfra, L., 2019 The purpose of
readiness
achievements
and early skills
achievements
It is reliable
source which is
used to achieve
some skills and
achievements in
terms of this
author
It is relevant
source where all
achievements are
accomplished
Journal Yu, H., 2019 Development
plan and
challenges
It is not reliable
according to their
author because it
is not matches
this source of
academic skills
This source is
relevant for some
information
which is useful
Journal Sasson, I. and
Miedijensky, S.,
2020.
Professional
development
performance and
development
This skills is
reliable source
Professional
development is
useful for
provide some
information
Book Cottrell, S.,
2019.
To improve their
study skills
It is not reliable This relevant
information is
useful because to
improve such
skills which are
related to study
Journal Plato, K., 2018. To develop their
performances
It is not reliable
because it is all
This source is not
relevant

about
performance
based.
CONCLUSION
From the above information, it has been concluded that personal development plan are
creating some self awareness within context to develop their self improvement and designing
some part of career. In this report, several topics should be covered which are named as personal
development plan, short term, medium and long term, discuss author, purpose, reliability and
relevance and evaluation of sources.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Beagon, U., 2018. The Academic Perspective: A Study of Academic Conceptions of the
Importance of Professional Skills in Engineering Programmes in Ireland.
Cooksey, R. and McDonald, G., 2019. What Skills Do I Need?. In Surviving and Thriving in
Postgraduate Research (pp. 27-53). Springer, Singapore.
Jackson, A. A., 2018. Semi-detached London: suburban development, life and transport, 1900-
39 (Vol. 2). Routledge.
Manfra, L., 2019. Impact of homelessness on school readiness skills and early academic
achievement: A systematic review of the literature. Early Childhood Education Journal.
47(2). pp.239-249.
Yu, H., 2019. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau greater bay area in the making: Development
plan and challenges. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. pp.1-29.

APPENDIX:
Personal development plan
Skills to be formed Improvement plan Resources Targets to be
accomplished
Communication
skills
To improve my
communication skills
I have to participate
voluntary session,
attend meetings,
conferences
E learning websites,
books, newspaper
journals, reading logs
By January 2021
Learn new language To learn a basic
language and then
search for new foreign
language
Join English classes,
Germany and French
By August 2025
Start new business I have to learn
something new
regarding business
and also launch new
place to start a
business
Search websites,
purchase land and talk
other people
By December 2023