Academic Skills and PDP: Goal Setting and Personal Development Plan

This report delves into the concept of academic skills and personal development planning (PDP), highlighting the importance of structured planning for skill enhancement. It distinguishes between personal and professional development, emphasizing how these skills contribute to achieving objectives efficiently. The report outlines short, medium, and long-term goals with practical examples, illustrating how these goals serve as stepping stones to larger achievements. It also underscores the value of a personal development plan in improving capabilities and opening opportunities. Furthermore, the report evaluates the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source utilization, ensuring the credibility of information used. The evaluation of eight sources provides a critical assessment of their contributions to the report's findings. Desklib provides more solved assignments and study resources for students.

ACADEMIC SKILLS
AND PDP
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development....................................................................3
Short term goals with three different examples..........................................................................3
Medium term goals with three different examples.....................................................................3
Long term goals with three different examples...........................................................................4
Value of a personal development plan with an example.............................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Effect of Author, purpose, reliability and the relevance on the utilization of few sources.........5
TASK THREE.................................................................................................................................5
Evaluating the 8 sources which are utilized in the report...........................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
The concept of academic skills refers to the presence of certain skills within an individual
which they can learn at their learning phase and develops those in within self. Personal
development plan denotes to a structured form within which an individual mentions about the
skills that are needed to be developed or improved highlighting the current and future
expectations that are to be achieved in a particular period of time. The present report talks about
the short, medium and long term goals which a person achieves with the help of developing a
personal development plan.
MAIN BODY
Concept of personal and professional development
The notion of personal development denotes to the skills that a person either develops or
enhances in order to have attractive personality in his or her personal life. Whereas, the notion
pertaining to professional development comprises of such skills that an employee carries in his
official or personal life used at workplace. An individual develops these skills in order to attain
their various objectives with ease and high level of efficiency. These goals needs to be set for a
particular time period within which they are targetted to be attained.
Short term goals with three different examples
The short term objectives are denoted to a bridge that minimizes the distance between
long term objectives. These are required to be achieved within a very short span of time say
within a period of one year.
Examples:
 To look for a good coach to have the training of badminton
 To jot down one pager easy on different topic with daily basis.
 To schedule early morning wake up for exercises.
Medium term goals with three different examples
The notion for medium term goals could be stated as such targets which are set with an
objective of serving the motive of long term targets. Such form of targets are required to be
attained within a period of less than 3 years.
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Examples:
 To acquire an academic degree form a reputed higher educational institute.
 To acquire the skills of narration from a professional person.
 To buy a house.
Long term goals with three different examples
The long term goals are stated as the achievements that are presumed to be completed in
a long period of time with lot of planning. Such targets are set to be completed with a period of
more than 3 years and can last for 10 years.
 To establish a business and run the same.
 To get award for my proficient skills.
 To attain a command in the area of written communication.
Value of a personal development plan with an example
The plan for developing personal skills or qualities are a document in a written format
that comprises of different actions as well as determination which can be considered by a person
in order to develop improvements in their present capabilities as well as skills. In this context, it
could be mentioned that a plan for personal development permits a person to elevate the existing
personality in a way that can provide flawless benefits or different opportunities into any
circumstance.
Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time period
Written skills 3.5 5 Writing one pager essay
on daily basis
25 days
Management of
time
3 5 Acquiring classes for
having management
guidance in professional
way from the supervisor.
50 days
Team work 2.5 5 Taking team activities 30 days
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and learning team work
skills with having
proficiency over it.
TASK 2
Effect of Author, purpose, reliability and the relevance on the utilization of few sources
The above mentioned aspects creates an impact on the utilization of different sources
which tends to mention that whether the sources are relevant and reliable to the context or are of
no use for the study of concerned topic. It is beneficial to avoid such sources that are not relevant
or does not justifies the significance of present study.
TASK THREE
Evaluating the 8 sources which are utilized in the report.
Sources Author(s) Purpose Reliability Relevance
Journal Ahmed and Jassm,
2021
To identify the
participation
being made by
educational
skills to the
lives of a
person.
This is reliable
as the source is
published in
recent times.
The relevance of
present source
could be
mentioned as it
is dependent on
the aspect of
academic
abilities that
carries a
significant
portion of the
report.
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Journal Hardy, Powell and
Pharris, 2020
To look for the
scholarly
abilities that are
present in a
child which are
essential for the
development
of education in
near future.
This is reliable
as the source
was published
in less than ten
years.
The source is
highly relevant
as this mentions
about certain
skills which an
individual at his
growth stage that
could be helpful
in further
academics.
Books Karimova, 2020 To determine
the learning
facilitation in
the context of
higher
education.
The present
sources carries
a significant
discussion
upon the
aspect of
present report.
The source is
extremely
relevant as this
entails the
teaching and
learning place
within an higher
educational
system.
Journal Kühling-Thees and
et. al., 2020
To determine
the writing
skills related to
academics in
context with
college level.
The sources
includes the
matter related
to the
development
of writing
skills.
It is relevant as it
mentions the
basics to
educational
reform which
helps to enhance
the learners
skills.
Books Martinez-Gutierrez
and et.al., 2021
To acquire the
importance of
enhancing hard
The source is
published
recently with
This talks about
the significance
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and soft skills
for college
level
performances.
good publisher
so can be
treated as
reliable.
of soft skills.
Books Wongwaisayawan
and et. al., 2021
To understand
the ways of
learning and
teaching in
higher context.
This is
significant as
this was not
published
before the
period of 5
years.
This is
significant as
this entails the
method of
learning &
teaching.
Journals Yeo and Chapman,
2020
To know the
significance of
higher
educational
skills
The article is
fresh hence
can be
considered as
reliable.
This is relevant
as this comprises
of information
for higher
education that
leads to
academic skills
development.
Books McGrath 2021 To have better
understanding
of PDP.
This is related
with the
present report
aspects hence
are reliable.
It is significant
as this comprises
of the impact
upon PDP
through learning
and
development.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Ahmed, D. and Jassim, G., 2021. Micro-credentials Life & Employability Skills: Evaluating
Students’ and Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Implementing Micro-credentials in Higher
Education. Available at SSRN 3874884.
Hardy, M.M., Powell, J.W. and Pharris, L.J., 2020. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TIME
MANAGEMENT SKILLS AMONG BUSINESS MAJORS AND ACADEMIC
CLASSIFICATIONS. International Journal of Education Research, 15(1).
Karimova, N., 2020. PEDAGOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
DISCIPLINE IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPING SOFT SKILLS OF
STUDENTS. Theoretical & Applied Science. (2). pp.347-349.
Kühling-Thees and et. al., 2020. Generic skills of economics and educational science students–
insights from a German-Japanese study. Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education, p.83.
Martinez-Gutierrez and et.al., 2021, July. Postgraduate Administration Education: Profiles and
Skills Contribution to the Knowledge Society. In International Conference on Applied
Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 197-202). Springer, Cham.
McGrath, S., 2021. Test of Essential Academic Skills as an Admission Criteria at Wor-Wic
Community College Nursing Program. Wilmington University (Delaware).
Wongwaisayawan and et. al., 2021. Diagnostic Performance and Reliability of the Standardized
Computed Tomography Reporting System for Acute Appendicitis: Experience in a
Tertiary Care Academic Center. JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF
THAILAND. 104(7). pp.1102-8.
Yeo, S.J. and Chapman, A., 2020. Teaching and learning in transnational education contexts:
Teaching English communication skills in law courses in Singapore. In Transnational
Education and Curriculum Studies (pp. 189-202). Routledge.
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