University Portfolio: Reflection on Development and Responsibility

This project report presents a student's reflection on attending a workshop focused on portfolio development, as part of the FY027 module on Preparing for Success at University. The reflection details the student's experience, highlighting the identification of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The report emphasizes the development of skills, setting of both short-term and long-term goals, and the creation of an action plan. It discusses the importance of portfolio as a tool for self-assessment, career guidance, and overcoming challenges. The student shares insights gained from the workshop, including the importance of communication, presentation skills, and teamwork. The report concludes with a summary of the key takeaways, emphasizing the role of portfolio in personal and professional growth.

Preparing for Success:
Self Development and
Responsibility

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Reflection of attending workshop for development of portfolio.................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Reflection refer to a process in which a person reminds their experience of learning to learn a
lesson form what they have done (Greviana, Mustika and Soemantri, 2020). This project
opportunity to individual to improve their critical thinking. This project report include
experience of attending workshop for development of portfolio.
MAIN BODY
Reflection of attending workshop for development of portfolio
This reflection provides me opportunity to explain my experience of attending project
workshop which help me in development of my portfolio. It helps me to understand my strength
and weakness and also opportunity and threat for me and my career in future. This helps me to
identify various goals of my life which I want to attain. This identification of goals helps me in
preparing action pula for attainment of these goals. These goals should be categorised in two
types including short term goals as well as long term goals.
With work short I also developed various new skills and learning which helps me in
improving my knowledge. It also provides me future opportunity in form of identification of
right job with good perks and benefit (Lam, 2018). Portfolio is collection of strength and
weakness, goals, skills set, quality which helps to identify area in which I need to work. This
work shop allow me knowledge of how to prepare effective portfolio and how to use this
portfolio in real life. This workshop also provide knowledge of how strength of an individual
helps to overcome of opportunity and attain goals of their life. These strength helps to overcome
of risk of threat and failure in life of a person. Before attending this session, I was nervous and
excited as I get to leader new things. I have learned various new things and developed new skills
which make me more efficient.
Attending work shop helps me in developing portfolio which provide me guidance of how to
develop career by overcoming of my weakness. I have excellent communicate but there is lack of
confidence in my which create problem in attainment of my goals. With this portfolio I am able
to find my other weakness like stage fear and poor writing skills which also create negative
impact on my grades. I overcome with these weaknesses with use of my skills including effective
communication, presentation skills, team working and focus. This strength helps me to overcome
of weakness and create new opportunity which helps to attain ultimate goals of my life. It also
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needs to work on my short term as well as long term goals of my life. Short term goals of my life
are improving my skills and overcome of weakness and gain work experience through internship.
Whereas long term goal of my life is finding a job with perks and benefit. This portfolio provides
me understanding of new factors related to my strength.
CONCLUSION
From above mentioned project report, it can be concluded that Portfolios is combination of
strength, weakness, skills and goals. These helps individual to overcome of challenges of their
life and work on improving their skills and knowledge.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Greviana, N., Mustika, R. and Soemantri, D., 2020. Development of e‐portfolio in
undergraduate clinical dentistry: How trainees select and reflect on evidence. European
Journal of Dental Education, 24(2), pp.320-327.
Lam, R., 2018. Promoting self-reflection in writing: A showcase portfolio approach.
In International perspectives on teaching the four skills in ELT (pp. 219-231). Palgrave
Macmillan, Cham.
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