Personal and Professional Development Report: Goals and Evaluation

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development, encompassing goal setting, planning, and source evaluation. It begins by defining personal and professional development, followed by a discussion of short, medium, and long-term goals, with examples. The report then explores the importance of a personal development plan. Furthermore, it examines how factors like author, relevance, purpose, and reliability influence the use of sources. A detailed source evaluation table assesses the credibility and relevance of various sources used. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and a list of references.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK ONE......................................................................................................................................1
Concept defining personal and professional development..........................................................1
Short Term goals with examples.................................................................................................1
Medium term goals with three examples.....................................................................................1
Long term goals with three personal examples...........................................................................2
Discussing personal development plan........................................................................................2
TASK TWO.....................................................................................................................................2
How aspects such as Author, Relevance, Purpose as well as Reliability affect use of source....2
TASK THREE.................................................................................................................................3
Evaluating sources.......................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Planning a report explains things required to done in certain manner, with some techniques
and time for carrying out practices. Sources or references are footnoted information piece that
provides acknowledge to a student for using ideas of others (Grigal and Bass, 2018). Present plan
includes concept related to personal development, short term goals, long term goals and values
concerned with personal development plan. It also defines how different aspects impact using a
source and evaluates sources used in report.
TASK ONE
Concept defining personal and professional development
Thought behind personal and professional development revolves to assist management of
self-learning and development in whole career (Freeman, 2016).
Personal development refers to lifelong process for assessing skills for maximising
potentials. Similarly, professional development entails approaches connected with instructor
developing along with expand knowledge about skills that aids to meet needs of learners
(Hulsman, Harmsen and Fabriek, 2009).
Short Term goals with examples
Short goals are described to those goals that are to be attained in shorter time duration. For
a student, short term goals are more valued as they improve focus, provides clarity for future and
combat procrastination.
Examples of personal short goals:
 To improve performance number in university courses.
 To make changes in work life balance (Cooke, 2017).
 To develop communication skill.
Medium term goals with three examples
There are kinds of goals that takes bit longer duration in attainment and these are named as
medium-term goals (Hill, 2009). It offers best to worlds that are long enough for achieving
significant progress and short enough for becoming completely distinct person.
Examples stating personal medium-term goals:
 To complete course in university.
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 To develop and maintain fitness.
 To enhance networking potentials.
Long term goals with three personal examples
Long term goals necessitate huge planning, efforts, resources and time. These are not the
things that a student wishes to complete in a week, month or year as they are at least many years
away (Getz, 2018). Long duration goals shapes direction for careers and strives people for
remaining focused about where they want to be.
Examples reflecting three long goals
 To care less about what others think.
 To start own venture.
 To practice mindfulness.
Discussing personal development plan
Idea of personal development plan constitutes identification of development requirements,
opportunities to learn and devise an action plan.
Personal development plan benefits an individual to have clear focus for learning, improving
self-motivation, enjoying life more and taking less stress from learning as they are aware about
strategies for developing self for livings (Bell, 2010).
TASK TWO
How aspects such as Author, Relevance, Purpose as well as Reliability affect use of source
There are aspects or factors that impacts use of source in great manner. One is Author who
is creator of some kind of written work. It affects source use at the time when name and initials
are not properly referenced or cited in the information of report plan. Another is purpose that is
defined as a reason behind which some work is created or existence of certain working in
academic field. Purpose of source and information should be similar, otherwise, it leads to
negative impacts on source use within report plan. Reliability is also a factor which impacts
widely on using as source as reliability is termed to the consistency of a study or material. When
information of a source is not consistent with details in report it results in unfavourable effects.
The last is relevance that is connection of concept of one topic with another in the ways which
makes use of consideration of both ones (Anderman and Koenka, 2017). When source used lacks
connection with mentioned information in report plan then it effects on its usage.
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TASK THREE
Evaluating sources
Sources Author Purpose Relevanc
e
Reliability
Grigal, M. and Bass, J. S.,
2018. Matching College
Options to Student
Goals. Navigating the
Transition from High
School to College for
Students with Disabilities
Meg Grigal as
well as Judith
S. Bass
To propose out a
effective strategies
that navigates
process of transition
among students.
It is not
relevant
source
with
report
plan.
It is not
reliable
source as it
was
published
enormous
years ago.
Freeman, P.,
2016. Abstract Syntax
Tree Retrieval: Inferring
Student Coding Goals
Using Case-based
Reasoning and Code
Similarity (Doctoral
dissertation,
ResearchSpace@
Auckland).
Paul Freeman To make use of case
based reasoning
related issues
students faces in
learning..
It is
relevant
with
developi
ng a
person.
It is highly
reliable
with
student
developme
nt.
Hulsman, R. L., Harmsen,
A. B. and Fabriek, M.,
2009. Reflective teaching
of medical communication
skills with DiViDU:
Assessing the level of
student reflection on
recorded consultations
with simulated
patients. Patient education
R. L. Hulsman, M.
Fabriek as well as
A. B. Harmsen
To assess level of
reflection in
communication
training.
It has
relevanc
e with
report
plan as it
focus on
perceptio
n of
professio
nal
It is not
reliable
source as it
was
published
huge years
ago.
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and counseling, 74(2),
pp.142-149.
develop
ment.
Hill, C.E., 2009. Helping
skills: Facilitating,
exploration, insight, and
action. American
Psychological
Association.
Clara E. Hill To update
comprehensive
exploration related
to basic helping
skills for students.
It is a
relevant
source
with
developi
ng a
student
for
future.
It is not
reliable
source as
publication
s of it was
done huge
years back.
Bell, S., 2010. Project-
based learning for the 21st
century: Skills for the
future. The clearing
house, 83(2), pp.39-43.
Stephanie Bell To drive learning of
students with
inquiry and
collaboration that
generates reflection
about projects.
It lacks
relevanc
e with
details of
report
plan.
It is not
reliable
source
because of
publication
s huge
years
previously.
Getz, T. R., 2018. Two
Setting Goals. In A Primer
for Teaching African
History (pp. 27-46). Duke
University Press.
Trevor R. Getz To offer designed
principles that are
aimed for
facilitating
experiences for
bringing long term
ethical development
and new knowledge.
It is
relevant
with
setting
personal
goals in
report.
It is a
reliable
source as
the purpose
meets its
title.
Cooke, S., 2017. Social
teaching: Student
perspectives on the
inclusion of social media
Samantha Cooke To examine effects
of social media and
devising a plan for
higher education.
It lacks
relevanc
e with
report
It is reliable
sources
because
being
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in higher
education. Education and
Information
Technologies, 22(1),
pp.255-269.
because
of
includin
g
informati
on about
manage
ment
plan of a
nation.
published
last year.
Anderman, E. M. and
Koenka, A. C., 2017. The
relation between academic
motivation and
cheating. Theory Into
Practice, 56(2), pp.95-
102.
Eric M. Anderman
together with
Alison C. Koenka
To focus on
academic
approaches that
incorporates
instructional
practices to enhance
motivation for
studies.
It is not
relevant
source
because
it
discuses
about
longitudi
nal
designs
and so
on in
psycholo
gy.
It is highly
reliable
source as it
meets
criteria of
information
required in
report plan.
CONCLUSION
From the project, it is concluded that report plan guide learner to track progress, manage
learning, identify risk and control various elements. At same time, personal development plan
identifies improvement areas and guide to overcome all within some time frame.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Anderman, E. M. and Koenka, A. C., 2017. The relation between academic motivation and
cheating. Theory Into Practice, 56(2), pp.95-102.
Bell, S., 2010. Project-based learning for the 21st century: Skills for the future. The clearing
house, 83(2), pp.39-43.
Cooke, S., 2017. Social teaching: Student perspectives on the inclusion of social media in higher
education. Education and Information Technologies, 22(1), pp.255-269.
Freeman, P., 2016. Abstract Syntax Tree Retrieval: Inferring Student Coding Goals Using Case-
based Reasoning and Code Similarity (Doctoral dissertation, ResearchSpace@
Auckland).
Getz, T. R., 2018. Two Setting Goals. In A Primer for Teaching African History (pp. 27-46).
Duke University Press.
Grigal, M. and Bass, J.S., 2018. Matching College Options to Student Goals. Navigating the
Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities.
Hill, C. E., 2009. Helping skills: Facilitating, exploration, insight, and action. American
Psychological Association.
Hulsman, R. L., Harmsen, A. B. and Fabriek, M., 2009. Reflective teaching of medical
communication skills with DiViDU: Assessing the level of student reflection on
recorded consultations with simulated patients. Patient education and
counseling, 74(2), pp.142-149.
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