Reflective Essay: Personal Learning and Development in Module

This reflective essay details a student's learning experience within a module, employing Gibbs Reflective Cycle to analyze skill development and personal growth. The essay explores the student's journey, focusing on communication skills, reading comprehension, research, and critical thinking. It highlights the student's development in these areas, emphasizing how these skills contribute to both academic and professional contexts. The essay reflects on the student's approach to future challenges, the expectations of a university course, and the application of knowledge gained. The student identifies strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for improvement, concluding with a focus on continuous learning and the importance of these skills in personal and professional contexts.

Reflective Essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
How and why you have developed as a learner during this module................................................1
Reflection...............................................................................................................................1
Further reflections on how to approach future challenges and expectations of a university course
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CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Reflective writing is defined as analytical practice in which real scene, event, interaction,
memory and personal learning is reflected. A reflective essay enables a writer to expand about
their personal experience and relate to audience appropriately through writing. In this project
while writing reflective essay how effective communication skills applicable to academic and
professional context is learned with academic studies (Gaus, 2017). Together with this reflection
on individual performance, behaviour and experience in education or employment is mentioned.
How and why you have developed as a learner during this module
Reflection
In this project I have used Gibbs Reflective Cycle to demonstrate how my learning skills
are influenced during enhancing learning through the current module. Together with this this
theory will also helps to demonstrate communication skills, future challenges and expectations of
university course. Gibbs Reflective Cycle is a reflective model that encourages people to think
systematically about experiences they had during a specific situation, event or activity. This
reflection cycle starts at description then move towards feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion
and ends with a action plan that will help in dealing with future challenges.
In the week one while learning through university course our focus was on preparing for
success through knowledge and creativity. At this stage Bucks graduate attributes associated
with knowledge and its application and creativity which is essential for success in higher
education was introduced to me (Gibbs Reflective Cycle, 2019). Understanding this concept and
learning effectively will help me to see overlap between study skills and employability skills. At
this stage all the skills that can be generated through education and higher skills was developed
so that employment in twenty-first century can be made effectively. At this stage I learned about
communication for academic and professional context, reading skills, reflection skills and
research skills. Improvement in communication skills enhances my leasing power through which
I can understand individuals in better manner and provide them with appropriate information and
suggestion as they demand. Importance of knowledge and understanding for enhancing creative
thinking and solving issues is learned at this stage. In week two to enhance my learning a quick
recap of week one id provided. Together with this I further moved towards data interpretation
and learning of week one for communication, reading skills, research skills, evaluating sources,
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application of knowledge, creating thinking and numeracy will help in interpretation of provided
data. When all the skills present will be used effectively than I will become capable to grab
information and use it in the most productive manner.
Further reflections on how to approach future challenges and expectations of
a university course
When I was waiting for week one that involves the learning programs of university I was
very nervous as I feel that it is going to be tough for me to learn my skills in such manner that it
helps me in personal and professional manner (Hosein and Rao, 2017). When the learning
activity started and skills for communication, reflection, research, application of knowledge and
numeracy is initiated for development than in that case it provided me with a feeling that
learning process is simple and effective when each element of the module is considered equally
important. After my first week of learning I got really exited for the next one as it was quite
effective and helps me in enhancing my skills required for developing professional skills. As a
professional person decisions that are taken by me are more informed and based on accurate
information. While taking the classes other peoples with me in the event also feels same as in the
second week a brief introduction of first week learnings is provided and this enhances our moral.
Now, when any form of communication takes place then I communicate with better knowledge
with all the research and knowledge that I have acquired.
When the whole experience of the learning activity is evaluated then in that case it
provides me with really amazing scenarios that are present in the activity. One thing that I get
attracted the most is quick revisions of skills learned in previous week this helps me to enhance
my skills and getting benefit through continuous learning. Learning program and data
interpretation session goes well because the program was well organised and effectively
implemented.
Analysis of the learning activity provides that I have learned a lot form this which is
required for me in personal and professional development so that I can manage a particular
business in future. This learning helps me in enhancing my current skills and prepared me to
assess sources, evaluate them on the basis of knowledge and creative thinking. In future when I
will work in a professional field or even in personal life these skills will help me for selecting
most appropriate method. One of the lop hole that I found while involved with the learning
activity is that all the skills that are required can not be improved in all the individuals and lack
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of any skill will make a person incompetent in future competitive market (Howlett, Ferreira and
Blomfield, 2016).
When I look the whole program as a third person or after completion of activity I can
assess that issues like enhancing all the skills will be resolved through providing more weeks or
through developing a continuous learning plan. When any skill left undeveloped that it needs to
be enhanced through other skills initiated with main skills required to become highly competent
and efficient for exploring my professional career in future. When I get a chance to attend
learning programme in future then in that case I will try to enhance my skills to a great extent.
Actions that needs to be taken by me in case when any skills is not generated through
learning program is to use online media (Smith, 2018). As in the program evaluation of data and
using it in such manner that will helps me in enhancing skills will be implemented.
CONCLUSION
The above project report provides with a conclusion that learning is one of the most
important thing that is used to enhance personal and professional skills of an individual. When
learning of skills that are required to meet current and future challenges is performed than in that
case it makes an individual competent to take challenges in productive manner. All the skills in
the learning program will reflect on individual performance.
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REFRENCES
Books and Journals
Gaus, N., 2017. Selecting research approaches and research designs: a reflective
essay. Qualitative Research Journal. 17(2). pp.99-112.
Hosein, A. and Rao, N., 2017. Students’ reflective essays as insights into student centred-
pedagogies within the undergraduate research methods curriculum. Teaching in Higher
Education. 22(1). pp.109-125.
Howlett, C., Ferreira, J. A. and Blomfield, J., 2016. Teaching sustainable development in higher
education: Building critical, reflective thinkers through an interdisciplinary
approach. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 17(3). pp.305-
321.
Smith, M. J., 2018. Please don’t make us write an essay! Reflective writing as a tool for teaching
health advocacy to medical students. Paediatrics & child health. 23(7). pp.429-430.
Online
Gibbs Reflective Cycle. 2019. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.brookes.ac.uk/students/upgrade/study-skills/reflective-writing-gibbs/>
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