Personal Development: A Reflective Essay on Learning Strategies

This reflective essay delves into the author's journey as a learner, highlighting the importance of various learning strategies and their impact on skill development. The author identifies as a kinaesthetic learner and discusses the value of personal reflection in improving performance. The essay explores past learning experiences, including research strategies and the understanding of different learning styles such as VARK. It emphasizes the significance of continuous development in skills and knowledge to stay competitive. The conclusion reiterates the importance of learning styles and the benefits gained from past learning activities, supported by references to relevant books and journals.

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
As a learner, this is very important to a person for using different productive strategies of
development and learnings, because this is very necessary for gaining better outcomes in the
module. There is reflection is added below for showing various effective ways of learnings. In
this dynamic world, there are models and frameworks simply available to a learner for improving
its overall performance in the workplace.
MAIN BODY
Reflection
Currently I am an effective learner, because I know the actual value of skills and abilities
to a person in overall development. Basically, I have many well-developed skills and abilities
which can play an excellent role to me in gaining better outcomes during the module (du Rocher,
2020). Recently, I have learnt about many skills and abilities for applying or using them in own
daily operations. For example; currently I have proper skills of presentation/public speaking and
I have proper knowledge about the learning styles. I have learnt about how to develop various
strategies of reading as well, like; scanning, skimming, detailed reading etc. and this is why
currently I am using these all strategies effectively in own daily operations. During the past
learning stage, I have learnt about the important of listening and Harvard referencing as well.
Basically, we should always be focused on maintaining an effective relationship between
speaking and listening, because it is very mandatory to conduct an effective communication or
interaction. On the other side, the learnings of Harvard referencing taught me that, we should
always need to give credit to various authors and writers when we have used their data or
information, because our attribute of giving credit to original author shows our professionalism
in market place.
I am a Kinaesthetic learner, because I always like to conduct different experimental
activities, because when we try any experiment during the learning time period, then this step
enable use for gaining many new skills and knowledge. Currently, there are many of people from
across the world comes from this Kinaesthetic category of learner, because they know the value

of being Kinaesthetic learner. Due to come from this category, I always be ready to learn about
such things which can affect my daily live in positive way.
Reflection, it is very important to a leaner for always using the method personal
reflection in its daily operations, because it enables to everyone for learning many new things
with the support of past activities (Setiyadi, 2016). Currently there are different innovative
models and frameworks of reflection also simply available in market place I can adopt and use
for giving reflection in very productive way. Basically, reflection helps us for writing activities
and operations which we have conducted before, and when we write about these activities, then
we able to know that what types of our actions and attempts can negatively affect to our live. In
this dynamic world, those all people are using the method of reflection who wants to develop
their personality and professionalism by improving their levels of skills and abilities. Generally,
it is very necessary to a learner to be stay focused on the overall development of its performance
in the module by using the reflection.
My approach of learning was very excellent which I have used before joining the Bucks
New University foundation degree in LSCI. Basically, I have conducted different researches
before joining for knowing about strategies which can improve our various skills, abilities and
areas of knowledge. For example; I have used various resources, like; books & journals, human
resource (trainer and coach), articles and internet blogs which has based on the topic of “how to
develop own skills and knowledge as learner”. With the support of this step, I was being able to
enhance levels of own skills, abilities and areas of knowledge. On the other side, I have taken
help from my tutor as well for the personal development as learner, so the tutor was supported
me by showing a specific way or path of highly developing as leaner during the module. I have
very effectively learnt in the past before joining, because on that time was completely aware
about the value of learnings (Charoento, 2017). Once my colleague told me that, there is no
person can be an effective learner without using four VARK styles of learnings, like; visual,
auditory, reading & writing and kinaesthetic, and this is why have considered these all styles in
own daily operations in the past. Then, I have applied only kinaesthetic style of learning in
person live, because I always like to do experiments, movement and hands-on activities.
Currently I am an effective learner with proper skills and areas of knowledge. However, I
have putted huge efforts in the past for developing own various competence, and this is why

nowadays, I am an effective kinaesthetic learner. Currently I have opportunity to gain better
outcomes in market place with the support of kinaesthetic learner style, and this style will be
positively affected me in the future as well. Of course, nowadays I have various well-developed
skills and abilities, but I believe that continuous development is very important in skills and areas
of knowledge for taking effective benefits from them in the future as well (Castejón and et.al.,
2016). I know that, there is competition within each industry or sector is increasing, so I have to
focus on using the strategy of continues development for taking huge advantages and better
outcomes from skills and areas of knowledge in the future as well.
3 Academic Skills
Subject you learned Your previous
understanding
before joining this
course (past)
How this learning
changed your mind-
set (present)
What changes
you will make
in the future
(future)
Research strategies I was knowing that;
research strategies
enable to a person for
searching about new
data.
Currently I know the
value of strategies of
research in personal
life.
Strategies will
help in gaining
many new data
in just small time
period.
Note taking skill I understood that this
skill contributes in
remembering things
for the long time
period.
I have well-developed
skill of ore making.
I will be able to
make many
effective notes in
the future
(Coertjens and
et.al., 2017).
Information
Technology
I understood that, IT
helps in reducing
human efforts.
I know how to use
various information
technologies in daily
live.
IT will help me
in very positive
manner in the
future.

CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that I have learnt many new things, skills and areas of knowledge
with the support of own past activities of learnings. Use of various learning styles is mandatory
to gain better outcomes as learner.
REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Castejón, J.L., and et.al., 2016. Differences in learning strategies, goal orientations, and self-
concept between overachieving, normal-achieving, and underachieving secondary
students. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. p.1438.
Charoento, M., 2017. Individual learner differences and language learning
strategies. Contemporary Educational Researches Journal. 7(2). pp.57-72.
Coertjens, L., and et.al., 2017. The growth trend in learning strategies during the transition from
secondary to higher education in Flanders. Higher Education. 73(3). pp.499-518.
du Rocher, A. R., 2020. Active learning strategies and academic self-efficacy relate to both
attentional control and attitudes towards plagiarism. Active Learning in Higher
Education. 21(3). pp.203-216.
Setiyadi, A., 2016. How Successful Learners Employ Learning Strategies in an EFL Setting in
the Indonesian Context. English Language Teaching. 9(8). pp.28-38.