Reflective Journal: Developing Employability and Study Skills

This reflective journal explores the development of employability and study skills through the application of Kolb's reflective cycle. The introduction highlights the importance of these skills for long-term career success and societal contribution. The main body delves into Kolb's learning styles, including diverging, assimilating, converging, and accommodating, and reflects on how the student has applied these styles to enhance their skills in areas such as research, teamwork, problem-solving, and communication. The journal emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, continuous learning, and adapting to different situations. The conclusion summarizes the key takeaways, reinforcing the significance of employability and study skills in achieving personal and professional goals. The document includes references to academic sources supporting the concepts discussed.

Reflective Journal

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
An employability and study skills are the basic prospect that is required to develop strong
employable and offer higher success in future period of time or in career. In this employability is
completely dependent on development of various connection in between personal development
and many other activities as well that is used to gain long term success in appropriate career or
while making suitable contribution in society development (Adeyinka-Ojo, 2018). As per context
of study skills it is enhanced as per continuous learning and development so that individual get
motivated as by making self-awareness, enlargement in skills and knowledge that used to
generate effective outcome. It is used to increase personal and professional development in
repetitive period of time under which accomplishment of goals and objectives become clearer.
The following report reflect personal reflection process with support of Kolb's reflective cycle
that contributes towards achievement of study and employability skills.
MAIN BODY
Kolb's Learning Styles: It is a style of learning that is developed by David Kolb in 1984
under which he has developed style inventory. It is a four stage cycle that is processed while
making concern about internal cognitive process of learner. Kolb's has stated that learning is
basically processed while involving abstract concept of acquisition that is used to implies as per
varied condition and situations. It is also be acknowledged that learning is continuous process at
where knowledge and skills is transformed and created with experiences (Chhinzer and Russo,
2018). The experimental learning cycle usually involved four stages through which all the basic
bases is getting touched. It includes concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract
conceptualisation and active experimentation. In order to enhance and modify reflective skills,
abilities and attributes it is required that balanced level of enhancement and improvisation is
induced over continuous period of time. In support of learning cycle an individual is able to
intensify working prospect, observation and analysis of both present and past activities so that
sustained amount of changes and alteration is induced in future performances. In order to
enhance overall personality and to induce professionalism better amount of change is induced
with perfection. In this it is easy and comfort for an individual to express themselves in front of
others or while taking higher position in any of an organisation. It is as furthermore explained
below as:
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(Source: Kolb's Learning Styles, 2019)
Diverging: It is stage of learning that is more dependent upon different activities such as
feeling, watching, analysing etc. It basically relies in between concrete and reflective observation
that is processed with contingency. In this I have tried to maintain more focus about to know
different aspects that is varied in correspondence surround. It is necessary that individual must
have known about what is going on its surrounds as action that is performed by others also
enlarge ability of learning (Cottrell, 2019). In this I have worked for to enhance my watching
skills and along with this I have easily understand the need and requirement of others as by
judging their gestures and face reactions. In this it is required that sensible learning is processed
so that I am able to make effectual understanding about all the relative aspects. It assist me to
resolve all the complex situations with certain balance. In support of this stage of learning I have
enhanced research skills and in this I have easily interpreted various aspect that is essential
while interpreting knowledge about specified topic. It is actually processed with support of
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critical thinking and analysis, data collection, collection of relevant information and collection of
relative information is processed ( Sharma, 2018).
Assimilating: It is a learning stage in which definite preference is processed which is
involved with support of logical approach and concise prospect as development is progressed
with support of ideas and concepts. In order to enhance learning abilities I have worked on to
make clear explanation rather than just judging others belief. In this imaginative and thinking
capabilities of mine is increases thus I am able to develop and design more of the solution in
sustained mode (Di Gregorio and et. al., 2019). I have develop more ideas and concepts that
enhance brainstorming capabilities of mine. In this I am able to easily develop more interest
while enriching certain set of skills and attributes. In this I have grabbed various opportunities
while making sustained difference in between adequate and inadequate information. I am quite
less focused about to what people has think and believe and always worked with my own
understanding. Thus it is required that I have learned about how to worked on a team as while
working in team collective effort is required. In order to enhance employability skills I have
learned Team work skills and problem solving skills. In this I have worked on to enlarge level of
competency in which everyone aspect is equally considerable and acceptable as well. It assist me
to resolve daily basis problems in managerial manner. In this I have make sufficient level of
changes in my personality that assist to make more growth and success.
Converging: In this I have learned about problem solving abilities that is seek to be quite
practical format as while analysing various task and ideas in constraint mode. It is usually tend to
enlarge ability of conceptualisation and experimentation in support of characterisation. It usually
consider several styles under which thinking and doing abilities is improvised that support to
develop practical assumptions in effective mode (Piopiunik and et. al., 2020). I have worked to
improvised various problem solving abilities under which adequate amount of information is
transmitted with assigned period of time. It is used advance attracting personality as by
considering technical advancement in terms of practicality. I have suitable understanding of
information practices but in today' scenario it is required that individual must have clear
knowledge about different basis of computer. Thus with support of this stage of learning I have
advanced the use of ICTs, and learn about several languages such as Java, C, C++, HTML,
Microsoft World and many others as well. In this I have easily collect and analyse various set of
activities so that efficient outcome is developed over balanced period of time. In this rate of
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technicalities is increases under which I have make comfort understanding of respondent
process, accessibility, database, spreadsheets, powerpoint presentation, management of
optimized search engines under which creative knowledge is formulated.
Accommodating: In this stage of learning I have tend to be much practical and looks out
to gain more learning as from intuitive view point. I have seek the problem and then didn't rely
only on gut feeling and instead of this get focused on each and every prospect from which
balance set of learning is processed in ordinate mode (Pouratashi and Zamani, 2019). It is a
process of learning that is fluctuated in between feeling and doing under which ability of logical
implementation and formulation is developed. In this I have worked over with practical and
experimental integration through which have try to deal and manage all challenges that is carried
out to achieved certain objective. It is used to make logical framing through which sustained
amount of changes is addressed with continuity. I have a certain range of understanding through
which respective ending is resulted in timely basis. In addition I have make better implication
over communication skills and time or self management. I have more curiosity to develop
better relation and interaction with subordinates but doesn't able to spread clear information in
sustained mode (Succi and Canovi, 2020). Thus I have tries to maintain long term sustainability
while making transparent relation with others. It assist me to managed myself and other activities
as per assigned period of time.
These are different employability and study skills that is used to develop better learning
and development in my own career. In this I have make collective effort to advance various set
of skills such as communication, research, the use of ICTs, teamwork, problem solving and time
and self management (Scott and et. al., 2019). In support of these skills I have worked on to
expand my skill set by which ability of mine to compete with various complex situation that is
generated on random basis is increases. I have achieved more success and growth over regular
basis that emphasis collective performance of mine. I have attain learning with cyclic learning
under which perfect basis of learning is developed with better suitability. Thus I could easily
represent myself over in any of recognised organisation through which performance creditability
is increases with continuous basis.
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CONCLUSION
As from the above report it is summarised that employability and study skill is a basic
requirement for an individual to gain successful and impactful heights in future period of time. In
this sustain concern and focus is maintain towards knowledge enhancement under which better
job position is attained under timely constraint. In order to develop employability skill effectual
support of Kolb's reflecting cycle is used so that learning is processed with certain continuity. In
addition learning is developed while encompassing rationale benefits so that in parallel personal
and professional development also processed.
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