Analysis of Academic and ICT Skills Development for HSC Goals

This report provides a comprehensive overview of a student's journey in developing academic and ICT skills, focusing on how these skills contribute to achieving their HSC goals. It begins with an introduction to academic and ICT skills, followed by a learner introduction outlining aspirational goals. The main body of the report includes detailed evidence of academic and ICT skills, presented in table format, and incorporates self-reflection using the Gibbs reflective cycle. This model is used to analyze experiences and learning outcomes. The report concludes by summarizing the importance of academic and ICT skills for future success and provides references to relevant sources. The report underscores the significance of skills like critical thinking, time management, and ICT proficiency, crucial for academic and professional development.

LO4

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Learner introduction and summary of HSC aspirational goals and how development of
Academic and ICT skills will help this process (300 words)......................................................1
1.2 Evidence Academic Skills (in table format with evidence )..................................................1
1.3 Evidence ICT skills (in table format with evidence).............................................................1
1.4 Reflections on development of skills.....................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are considered as the competencies, tactics and habits which may aids the
learners succeed into an academic setting. Moreover, there are an accumulation of study habits,
learning tactics as well as time management techniques which assists individuals in learning and
absorbing the particular lessons. This motivates individuals for becoming the much effectual
learners. Additionally, they provide students the confidence for participating the totally into
English speaking courses as well as are invaluable outside of classroom ad after they
accomplished study. ICT skills are related to acknowledging as well as using a range of
computer programmes, software and other applications. It mainly involves spreadsheets, power
points, databases and others. It is vital needs for the most of the job roles as it aids individuals in
organising their workload, streaming procedures and accessing the digital information. The aim
of this report is to demonstrate the development of effective academic and ICT skills.
MAIN BODY
1.1 Learner introduction and summary of HSC aspirational goals and how development of
Academic and ICT skills will help this process
The goals are;
Think positive while performing the roles and responsibilities.
Develop the stronger network.
1.2 Evidence Academic Skills (in table format with evidence )
(8) Academic Skills Evidence
Specific skills Word indicator 100-150
words maximum
Powerpoint
( example)
Learnt though Leap on line to
structured the PowerPoint for
my presentations in the formal
presentation in class (see table
1.1 )
1

Discovering
Information
Using the internet
criticall
Essay writing
Maths
Report Writing
Academic writing
Critical Thinking
1.3 Evidence ICT skills (in table format with evidence).
(7) ICT Skills
Insert How demonstrated Evidence
Email
Assistive
Technology
2

Linkedin
Microsoft
Office
Online Safety
Turnitin
Zoom
1.4 Reflections on development of skills.
In view of my own examination, I have further developed my comprehension on Gibbs
reflective cycle which is attempted as efficacious model of reflection. This model was created in
year 1998 by Graham Gibbs which features the encounters and learning results that acquiring by
leading practices productively. Moreover, separate model includes six stages like depiction,
feeling, assessment, examination, end and activity. What's more, it very well may be dissected
that involving intelligent model permits people for communicating generally levels of specific
angles on that they are featuring with mean to extend their own learning for forthcoming
development.
3

While going to the University, I acquire to comprehend that people employability and
study abilities are excessively helpful to play out their errand effectively and actually. At present
times, in which business climate have become dynamic so through chipping away at this specific
activities, I have recognized that for expanding my understandings much successfully, I need to
foster my employability and study abilities. Likewise, I get potential outcomes to further develop
my abilities that integrate using time productively, correspondence, etc. This large number of
abilities are pivotal for people to be acquired at scholastic length so they would work with
favorable potential outcomes of occupation in future. Specifically regard, with helps of Gibbs
intelligent cycle six phases, I have addresses my encounters of learning and getting data. That
large number of stages are as per the following:
• Description: It is communicated to be beginning stages which give information, for
instance, depiction associated with unequivocal circumstances which is ought to have been
performed through individual (Contreras et.al., 2020). Before going to the University, I have
gone through module that is open to me on our doorway. It would work with me appropriate
information associated with how that information is to be presented. Along these lines, resulting
to going through unambiguous module, I should understand that sufficiency of applying various
capacities that are required for satisfactorily developed endeavor in capable manner. In setting to
this, there are explicit capacities that are to be executed like time utilization capacities, social
capacities and others. All of these are expected for accomplishing works out. Also, there are
relatively few endeavors that are coordinated through me where utilizations of capacities are
required close by other key capacity like use of ICTs, self organization, and so forth.
• Feelings: Because of new models, I was insignificant stressed to learn innovative
thinking and become invigorated with imaginative points expected for past undertaking. As I can
prepared to obtain different practical information about various employability and study
capacities with the assistance of various discretionary resources. As such, it would help me to
applied my investigation capacities which is my key strength aptitude. Be that as it may, due to
weak in ICT, self organization and time utilization capacities are choose my inadequacy. Along
these lines, I have worked with various time subsequent to understanding module and online
articles to make a sufficient show. Ensuing to directing to my guide and learning module
fittingly, I felt all the more certain for meeting the objective of explicit task.
4

• Evaluations: This have been surveyed that resulting to reflecting upon additional weak
bits of my understanding, the guides support helped me to encouraged the show in more express
way. I have furthermore surveyed that to perform such task; I should have to work on my ICT,
self organization capacities in really convincing way. These capacities are basic for giving better
execution at the hour of scholastics and moreover assist me with encouraging foster
employability capacities. Nevertheless, as a result of weak in specific capacities, I really want to
deal with various issues for setting up my show at basic stage. Moreover, inefficient information
concerning managing the time furthermore makes issues for me to accomplish the endeavor on
time (Hindrasti, 2020).
• Analysis: This has been bankrupt down that performing upon individual endeavor, has
assisted me with procuring different employability and study abilities. Moreover, it would help
me in future improvement for showing reasonable capacities of search for giving best execution.
Likewise, by going through various style of organization I would explored that trailblazers
should embrace practical style for getting higher post inside immense substance and moreover it
should be a suitable trailblazer immediately. For instance, understanding associated with
correspondence capacities, approaches to influencing others, etc are fundamental to be gotten to
the next level. This, I would perform more in the wake of making capacities of me to accomplish
reasonable work life.
• Conclusion: This has been summarized from whole reflection report that performing
upon project whether in bundle or independently give possible entryways to individual to
additionally foster its abilities (Wang, 2020). This licenses individual to not simply choose its
own characteristics similarly as inadequacies yet what's more approaches to overseeing it. In this
interesting situation, I still hanging out there my capacities that are research capacities, social
capacities and others. Regardless, I not exactly settled my inadequacies that are nonappearance
of utilizing time successfully, ICT data and various others. This has redesigned my interests for
accomplishing similarly as meeting task rules on time.
• Action plan: Also, it has been poor down that I required centring more upon this. In this
manner, I will jump at the chance to go to a couple of web based classes for finding out with
respect to thoughts of power capacities close by significance of dealing with problematic
business environment. Moreover, I really want to encourage my ICT data as it is uncommonly
key at present events. All things considered, I will join instructional course. Close by this, I will
5

perform under my supervisors for another task as this would assists me with grabbing data about
the technique for directing whole gathering and authority abilities for accomplishment separate
explicit and satisfaction of needed results.
CONCLUSION
As per the above, it has been concluded that both academic and ICT skills are vital for
individuals in respective to attain their objectives. As academic skills motivates individuals for
becoming the much effectual learners. Additionally, they provide students the confidence for
participating the totally into English speaking courses as well as are invaluable outside of
classroom ad after they accomplished study. ICT skills are related to acknowledging as well as
using a range of computer programmes, software and other applications. It mainly involves
spreadsheets, power points, databases and others. It is vital needs for the most of the job roles as
it aids individuals in organising their workload, streaming procedures and accessing the digital
information.
6

REFERENCES
Books and Journal
Adeani, I. S., Febriani, R. B., Syafryadin, S., 2020. Using GIBBS` reflective cycle in making
reflections of literary analysis.
Contreras, J. A., Edwards-Maddox, S., Hall, A., Lee, M. A., 2020. Effects of Reflective Practice
on Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Stress, Anxiety and Competency: An Integrative
Review. Worldviews on Evidence
‐Based Nursing.
Dunn, R., Doolittle, S. A., 2020. Professional development for teaching personal and social
responsibility: Past, present, and future. Journal of Teaching in Physical
Education. 39(3). pp.347-356.
Hindrasti, N. E. K., 2020. The reflective thinking skills of preservice biology teacher in histology
lectures. JPhCS. 1470(1). p.012080.
Markkanen, P., Valimaki, M., Anttila, M., 2020. A reflective cycle: Understanding challenging
situations in a school setting. Educational Research. 62(1). pp.46-62.
Opiniano, J., Daquipil, R. A. and Romarate, P. I., 2020. Reflective practice in the newswork of
Filipino journalists: A grounded theory study. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media
Studies.
Valmas, M. M., Himrich, S. J. and Finn, K. M., 2020. Women’s experiences of supervision and
professional development. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 30(1). p.130.
Wang, P., 2020. A REFLECTIVE LEARNING APPROACH TO TEACHING COMPUTER
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSES. Issues in Information
Systems. 21(2). pp. 19-29.
Online
Gibb’s Reflective Learning Cycle. 2020. [Online] Available Through:<
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/301/study-skills/university-study/reflective-practice >.
7