Comprehensive Report: Academic Skills and Personal Development Plan

This report provides a detailed analysis of academic skills and the creation of a personal development plan. It begins with an introduction to academic skills, encompassing writing, presentation, and referencing, and their role in critical thinking and reflective practice. The report then defines personal and professional development, emphasizing continuous learning for career success. It outlines short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing a framework for achieving both personal and professional objectives. A personal development plan is presented, detailing objectives, current proficiency, target proficiency, required tasks, and timelines. The report also evaluates the importance of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance of sources in academic writing. Finally, the report includes an evaluation of the sources used, assessing their author, purpose, reliability, and relevance to the topic, before concluding with a summary of the key findings and recommendations.

Academic skills
and
personal
development
plan

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development:...................................................................3
Short-term goals:.........................................................................................................................3
Medium-term goals:.....................................................................................................................4
Long-term goals:..........................................................................................................................4
Personal development plan:.........................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Affect of author, purpose, reliability as well as relevance:.........................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of sources:..................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCE..................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are comprised of core skills, which involves academic writing, skills
related to presentation and referencing, that underpins complex skills, for example critical
thinking as well as reflective practice (Assiter, ed., 2017). In a broad manner it can be stated that
any skill that boosts a ability of a person for studying, retaining and recalling information that
assists in passing of exams that can be reflected as study skill, as well as it involves time
management as well as motivational techniques (Balfaqeeh and Hassan, 2017). This report is
based on analysis of academic skills as well as personal development plan. It covers description
of personal and professional development and discusses on short-term, medium-term and long-
term goals. Further, personal development plan is evaluated for achieving my goals.
TASK 1
I am the student at a University and for the purpose of reviewing my learnings and
enhancing its effectiveness I planned to develop a personal development plan which is a helpful
approach for gaining success. Thus, I reviewed my short medium, and long-term goals of life in
personal as well as professional context.
Concept of personal and professional development:
Personal as well as Professional development is the procedure by which an organization
or an individual engage in learning for the purpose of meeting the challenges as well as desire
goal. The objective of personal as well as professional development is related to helping a person
to manage his or her own learning or growth throughout the person’s career (Biemiller and
Meichenbaum, 2017). It is essential that an individual continues to learn or develop for keeping
his or her skills or knowledge up-to date. Further, it ensures continuation of work in a safe, legal
and effective manner.
Short-term goals:
A short-term goal refers to objective that can be done in near future a short-term
objective is something which a person wants to accomplish soon. A short-term goal indicates
a goal that can be achieved in 12 months (Goodall Jr, 2018). My short-term goal is to increase
my academic results, improvise my communication skills and enhance my expertise in
presentation in front of crowd.

Medium-term goals:
Medium term goals: refers to goals that can be achieved after a sequence of achievement
of short-term goals and it builds together for forming a long-term goal (Howe and Lisi, 2018).
While pinpointing my medium-term goals it can be stated that my medium-term goal is to gain
experience of internship which will help me gaining practical knowledge about corporate world.
It helps me in gaining advantage over competitors. Apart from it I am focused towards enhancing
my expertise by pursuing various mini workshops which will provide me knowledge regarding
analytics, excel, etc.
Long-term goals:
A long-term goal refers to something which a person wants to achieve in the future.
long-term goals prove to be essential for the purpose of a successful career. In other
words, a long-term goal indicates something which a person wants to accomplish in upcoming
future (Meltzer ed., 2018). Long-term goals need time along with planning planning. It is not
something which a person can do in a week or even in a year. My long-term goal is to get a job
in a large organization. Further I am focused towards maintaining a work life balance.
Personal development plan:
Personal development planning refers to the process for creation of an action plan on the
basis of awareness, reflection, planning, goal-setting, values for the purpose of personal
development in the relevance of a career, relationship, self-improvement or education. In context
to higher education plan of personal development typically involves a portfolio which contains
an evidence of skills that is gathered over a particular period of time (Nghia, 2018). It is
presumed in education sector that undertaking of Personality development plans assist in creation
of self-directed and independent learners that are more likely for progressing to higher level
of academic attainment. Following is my personality development plan:
Objectives Current
profieicny
Target
proficiency
Tasks required to
be performed for
achieveing
objectives
Judgement
criteria
Duration
Time
managememt
7 10 Prepare a proper
plan for the
purpose of time
Professors 3 months

management that
contains tasks
which is to be
performed along
with set
deadlines and
priorities.
Presentation
skills
6 10 Participate in
PowerPoint
presentation
projects of
college and
attending mimi
workshop for
learning
adequate skill.
Professor
and
colleagues
.
4 months
TASK 2
Affect of author, purpose, reliability as well as relevance:
While preparing any kind of academic writing author, purpose, reliability, relevance of
sources which are utilised for making of a project plays a critical role. Reason is that adequacy of
project is highly dependent on authenticity of sources that are used for studying or gaining
knowledge about project.
TASK 3
Evaluation of sources:
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance
Assiter, A. ed.,
2017.
Transferable
skills in higher
Assiter, A Evaluating
skills in higher
education.
High High

education.
Routledge.
Balfaqeeh, M.
and Hassan, A.,
2017.
Integrating the
development
and usage of
higher order
thinking skills
in the
communication
classroom:
perceptions and
impact.
International
Journal of
Continuing
Engineering
Education and
Life Long
Learning. 27(3).
pp. 163-182.
Balfaqeeh, M.
and Hassan, A.
Anaysing
thinking skills
High High
Biemiller, A.
and
Meichenbaum,
D., 2017. The
nature and
nurture of the
self-directed
learner. The
Evolution of
Cognitive
Behavior
Therapy: A
Personal and
Professional
Journey with
Don
Meichenbaum.
50. p.89.
Biemiller, A.
and
Meichenbaum,
D.
Self-directed
learner
moderate moderate
Goodall Jr, H.
L., 2018.
Writing
qualitative
inquiry: Self,
Goodall Jr, H. L Writing
qualitative
inquiry
high high

stories, and
academic life.
Routledge.
Howe, W. A.
and Lisi, P. L.,
2018. Becoming
a multicultural
educator:
Developing
awareness,
gaining skills,
and taking
action. Sage
Publications.
Howe, W. A.
and Lisi, P. L
Multi-cultural
educator
high high
Meltzer, L. ed.,
2018. Executive
function in
education: From
theory to
practice.
Guilford
Publications.
Meltzer, L. ed., Studying
executive
function in
education
moderate moderate
Nghia, T. L. H.,
2018. The skills
gap of
Vietnamese
graduates and
final-year
university
students.
Journal of
Education and
Work. 31(7-8).
pp. 579-594.
Nghia, T. L. H Evaluating
education and
work
High High
Zhang, Y.,
2016. An
overlooked
population in
community
college:
International
students’(in)
Zhang, Y Experiences
with academic
advising
Moderate Moderate

validation
experiences
with academic
advising.
Community
College
Review. 44(2).
pp. 153-170.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that academic skill strategies related to study are
approaches that is applied to learning. Further, establishing aims and goals for what a person
wants to achieve and where a person would like to direct in relevance to short term, medium
term or long term here personal development plans play a huge role in improving personal
development.

REFERENCE
Books and Journals:
Assiter, A. ed., 2017. Transferable skills in higher education. Routledge.
Balfaqeeh, M. and Hassan, A., 2017. Integrating the development and usage of higher order
thinking skills in the communication classroom: perceptions and impact. International
Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life Long Learning. 27(3). pp. 163-
182.
Biemiller, A. and Meichenbaum, D., 2017. The nature and nurture of the self-directed
learner. The Evolution of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Personal and Professional
Journey with Don Meichenbaum. 50. p.89.
Goodall Jr, H. L., 2018. Writing qualitative inquiry: Self, stories, and academic life. Routledge.
Howe, W. A. and Lisi, P. L., 2018. Becoming a multicultural educator: Developing awareness,
gaining skills, and taking action. Sage Publications.
Meltzer, L. ed., 2018. Executive function in education: From theory to practice. Guilford
Publications.
Nghia, T. L. H., 2018. The skills gap of Vietnamese graduates and final-year university
students. Journal of Education and Work. 31(7-8). pp. 579-594.
Zhang, Y., 2016. An overlooked population in community college: International students’(in)
validation experiences with academic advising. Community College Review. 44(2). pp.
153-170.
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