Professional Development Reflective Journal: Week 10 and Week 11

This document comprises two journal entries from a student reflecting on their professional development during weeks 10 and 11. The student explores the impact of a journal article on self-development and learning based on culture and society, emphasizing the importance of reflective journals for professional growth. The first journal discusses the benefits of weekly journaling and its role in enhancing core competencies. The second journal entry delves into the significance of leadership training and the need for effective leadership qualities, referencing an article that highlights the effectiveness of leadership skills development programs for university students. Both entries reflect on the student's learning experiences, including how they relate to workplace activities and the broader aspects of professional development, supported by cited references. The student aims to improve leadership qualities and apply learnings to future career goals.

Student Name
[Course title]
professional
[Document subtitle]

Week 10 Journal
Week 10 seemed to be quite thrilled as I learnt a lot through one aspect that can assist me in
my professional development and future planning. This one aspect is a journal article I came
through while browsing internet in search of scholarly articles. This article taught me how
professional learning approach can play a significant role in self development as well as
learning based on culture and society. After reading this article, I understood the importance
of preparing weekly journals regarding personal experiences and submitting them at
universities. This is an effort where participants are encouraged to raise questions like “Why”
and “What” to foster professional development process along with enhancing core
competencies (Shum, et al., 2017). I think this experience was an added bonus to my class
learnings as I learnt something from out of the box. Now I am determined to make self
reflective journals on regular basis that will help me in recollecting past experiences to plan
ahead in more proficient manner.
Week 11 Journal
After last week’s experience, I became more fascinated to discover useful journal articles that
could help me in my professional development as a leader. Since I aspire to become a
competent business leader in my future course, this article can be used by me extensively.
This article which I came through showed me the results of enhanced communicational skills
and significance behind leaning ways to effective leadership. The author himself has
conducted a group study of students studying at higher classes and concludes with a deep
message saying that leadership training provided at higher classes can help students in
adapting efficient leadership skills in their professional life (Cansoy, 2017). Thereby, I would

suggest educational policy makers to implement leadership programs as a compulsory agenda
especially in higher educational programs. It was observed in the article the student’s struggle
for goal setting and problem-solving skills which indicates that I too require developing
effective leadership quality for my future professional career.

References
Cansoy, R., 2017. The Effectiveness of Leadership Skills Development Program for
University Students. Karabük Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri BölJournal of
History Culture and Art Research, 06(03), pp. 65-87.
Shum, S. B., Sándor, Á., Goldsmith, R. & Bass, M. M. R., 2017. Towards Reflective Writing
Analytics: Rationale, Methodology and Preliminary Results. Journal of Learning Analytics,
04(01), pp. 58-84.