Report on Personal and Professional Development with Source Evaluation

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, encompassing definitions, goal setting (short, medium, and long-term), and the creation of a personal development plan. The report explores the value of short-term goals, offering examples like certifications and skill improvements, while also discussing medium-term goals such as planning vacations and developing leadership skills. Long-term goals, including conflict management and decision-making, are also examined. The report includes a detailed personal development plan with prioritized skills and criteria for improvement. Furthermore, it analyzes the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source usage, followed by an evaluation of eight sources used in the project. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, emphasizing the interconnectedness of personal and professional growth, effective goal setting, and the importance of reliable sources.

Report plan and evaluation of
sources

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK One.......................................................................................................................................4
a) Provide definition about both personal and professional development...................................4
b) Describe about value of short -term goals and give three examples regarding it...................4
c) Discuss about medium-term goals with three personal examples of it...................................4
d) Explain about long – term goals through three personal examples.........................................5
e) Discuss about Personal Development Plan and form an example over identified goals.........5
APPENDIXES.................................................................................................................................5
Personal Development Plan.........................................................................................................5
Task Two.........................................................................................................................................6
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use
of a source....................................................................................................................................6
Task Three.......................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation of eight sources that has been used by me within the project...................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills these are those set of skills that has helped in developing of experiences
during the academic year. These skills have make sustainability to be achieved in more effective
manner. Such skills makes academic performance improved of the students by making study
skills enhanced. Also academic skills have been helping in achieving various aspects which is
based over professionalism and helps an individual over covering success in long time. These
skills have been covering short, long and midterm goals exist. The file covers about personal
development which means that kind of development that helps an individual in growing itself. In
the end eight sources is been evaluated.
TASK One
a) Provide definition about both personal and professional development
Personal development plan is the plan that has been helping in developing of individuals
personality and help in attaining success in academic year (Razuri and Zöttl, 2020). Also this
plan makes development of academic skills in an individual. It helps in evaluating success and
various elements related to it.
b) Describe about value of short -term goals and give three examples regarding it.
Short term goals are known as those goals which is been set for time period of 12 months.
Such goals have target for achieving success in shortest time possible. Three examples that has
been explained as follows:
 Recognize certification in order to attain knowledge professional in nature.
 Purchasing new mobile phone from salary or savings.
 Improving skill which helps in making things better.
c) Discuss about medium-term goals with three personal examples of it.
Medium term goals are goals that have been formed in order to attain success within the
period of three years. In these goals both personal and professional development is been made in
order to make skills development possible. Examples have been explained as follows:
 Planning with holiday trip or long vacation of two months or more.
 Buying an house and getting themselves registered under one’s own name.

 Development of leadership skills which makes professionalism developed within an
individual.
d) Explain about long – term goals through three personal examples.
Long term goals these are those set of goals which has been made over developing ideas
and skill over long time period (Lee and Chang, 2018). Also the goals can be justified with the
helps of these examples given as follows:
 It makes conflict to be managed through making issues and problems solved in
appropriate manner.
 This helps in developing of decision making mechanism through proper
management with accuracy.
 Leadership kills makes development over vision possible to keep motivation
factor alive within an organization.
e) Discuss about Personal Development Plan and form an example over identified goals
The personal development plan is mainly focused upon making both personal and
professional development possible which helps in enhancing lot of skills through evakuating
them.
APPENDIXES
Personal Development Plan
PRIORITY SKILLS CURRENR
T
ABILITY
TARGET
ABILITY
DEVELOP
MNET
OPPORTU
NITIE
CRITERIA
TO JUDGE
TIME
FRAME
Priority 1 Effective
communicat
ion skills
Low High To improve
these skills
seminars
and
workshop is
required to
be
Feedback is
required to
be generated
from
colleagues
and family
members.
2 to 4
months

attended. .
Priority 2 Team
building
skills
Average High In this team
and all
members of
team makes
objectives
achieved.
Feedback
require from
subordinate
and team
members
(Gill, Gray
and Seckler,
2021).
3 to 5
months
Task Two
Description and discussion of how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect
the use of a source
These four aspect has impacted various orders which is relatable and is relevant over the
topic and studies which has to be done within an educational institute. Under these sources
information regarding topic is covered in it. It is done in order to makes sure that reliability of
the source is proved in relation to topic(Baykara, 2018).
Task Three
Evaluation of eight sources that has been used by me within the project
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Evaluation of sources
of uncertainty in
projected hydrological
changes under climate
change in 12 large-
scale river basins.
Vetter, T.
and et.
al.., 2017.
In order to
make
contribution in
the early
academic skills
and its
This is reliable
as it hjas
helped in
making
knowledge
about the
Relevant sources
which has to be
justified and makes
discussion.

Climatic Change,
141(3), pp.419-433.
development
the source is
relevant.
topic.
Evaluative criteria: an
integrated model of
domains and sources.
American Journal of
Evaluation,
p.1098214020955226.
Teasdale,
R.M.,
2021.
It has helped in
finding out
scholarship
skills which
makes
brilliancy
developed
within children.
It is considered
over making
reliable source
in a way that it
has provided
information
which is not
less than 10
years old.
This is based upon
relevance which is
been discussed
about the topics in
early stages.
A Bayesian reliability
evaluation method with
different types of data
from multiple sources.
Reliability Engineering
& System Safety, 167,
pp.128-135.
Wang, L
and et. al.
2017.
Recognizing
over learning
and facilitating
with the help of
HE.
.
The source is
old but has
important
information in
relation to
aspects
covered within
the topic.
This is relevant and
makes decision
formed in relation
over learning with
teaching and is
done through HE.
Presentation,
expectations, and
experience: Sources of
student perceptions of
automated writing
evaluation. Computers
in Human Behavior, 70,
pp.207-221.
Roscoe,
R.D and
et.
al.2017.
This helps in
making
evaluating over
academic skills
possible.
In this source
contains
information
about
development.
The source upon
relevancy laid
down upon
foundation with
educational.
Evaluating sources of
scientific evidence and
claims in the post-truth
era may require
reappraising
plausibility judgments.
Sinatra,
G.M. and
Lombardi
, D.,
2020.
For learning
significance
upon
development.
Belonging
period is not
more than 10
years and
reliable.
This makes
importance upon
developing soft
skills.

Educational
Psychologist, 55(3),
pp.120-131.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be concluded that development and understanding is
been developed upon both personal and professional development. Then short, mid and long
term goals is been explained in order to attain success. Then personal development plan has been
explained. In the end resources is been discussed regarding the topic.

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