Preparing for Success at University: Self-Development Report

This report details a student's journey of self-development and the acquisition of employability skills, crucial for success at university and beyond. It begins with an introduction emphasizing the significance of employability skills like communication, problem-solving, and teamwork. The main body explores the impact of classroom activities, such as presentations and reading logs, on skill development and confidence. A reading log summarizes key themes from relevant articles, followed by a detailed time management schedule and a photo log showcasing activities. The report includes a reflection using Gibbs' reflective model on a group presentation, followed by a comprehensive action plan. The student outlines goals, identifies necessary steps for personal and professional growth, and highlights the resources needed. The report concludes with a summary of the learning experiences, emphasizing the development of essential skills, and the importance of time management and team participation. It underscores the value of classroom activities, supportive peers, and proactive learning strategies in preparing for future challenges.

Preparing for Success at
University: Self Development
and Responsibility

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Impact of Module Activities on Employability Skills.................................................................3
Reading Log.................................................................................................................................4
Time Management.......................................................................................................................5
Photo Log.....................................................................................................................................6
Reflection...................................................................................................................................11
Action Plan................................................................................................................................12
SUMMARY...................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Development of employability skills is very necessary as well as important task to a
person for gaining very higher success in the market place. Basically, when a person has
different employability skills in proper ways, then that person will gain very positive outcomes
in market place (Posteland Sobel, 2019). For example; currently communication, problems-
solving, decision-making, team work etc. skills are considered as the key employability skills
and abilities, in which a learner or individual have to focus on developing these all skills and
abilities for gaining very positive outcomes in market place. A reflection on different
employability skills has been included below. Role of these skills in developing personality and
professionalism also has been discussed in this reflection.
MAIN BODY
Impact of Module Activities on Employability Skills
Classroom activities have a huge impact on the growth and development of students.
These activities enable the students to explore more knowledge using their skills and listening
and watching other student’s participation helps in the growth of individual. Basically, classroom
activities are the wide range of skill-based interactive activities which has supported me in the
educational development. Classroom activities such as presentations, reading blog, group
presentations, Photoblog, etc. have enhanced my understanding, skills and effectiveness by
engaging me in different styles of learning and helped me in gaining confidence and the ability to
think critically (Wu, Wu and Li, 2019). These activities have not only help me with relationship
of input and output during the speaking process, but also has mobilized my interaction with the
other students and teacher. Through the help of these activities, I have gained the knowledge of
various subjects in a practical and innovative manner which has been easy in remembering in
comparison to just reading and listening to teacher. I have not only gained confidence to
represent myself in presentations, debates and extempore or showing my piece of writing but has
developed the sense of working in team and how to understand each other’s point of view and
successfully achieving the good marks. It has great impact on my decision-making skills, as now
I listen to every member’s thoughts and ideas and provide my valuable suggestions. Classroom

activities have improved the level of engagement in the students and which has helped me to
make more friends and take their qualities. Overall, these activities has made me better student
and contributed in my overall growth.
Reading Log
Author(S) Title Date Key themes/Summary
Klobes Maximizing the Educational
Investment with a Required
Personal and Professional
Development Program for
Business Majors. Journal of
the Academy of Business
Education. 19.
22/12/2020 According to Klobes, I have to
put own huge efforts in daily
operations for developing own
different employability skills to
gain huge success in the module.
Klobes said, most businesses
and ventures currently focus on
hiring such people in their
workplace who has different
well-developed skills and
abilities, and this is why I should
have proper skills of
employability to gain better
employment opportunities in
market place in the future.
Rønnestad,
Orlinsky and
Wiseman
Professional development and
personal therapy.
25/12/2020 I have learnt many new things
with the support of Rønnestad,
Orlinsky and Wiseman’s
“Professional development and
personal therapy” as well. For
example; these both experts said
that, development of personality
and professionalism is not a
small task to a person, in which
everyonehas to stay focused on
its aim of development, then it

will be succeeded in improving
its overall personality and
professionalism.
Braidman,
Regan and
Humphreys
12 Personal and professional
developments. Wellbeing in
Higher Education:
Cultivating a Healthy
Lifestyle Among Faculty and
Students.
28/12/2020 Braidman, Regan and
Humphreys said that, each
learner or person have to make a
specific plan for the
development of its skills and
abilities, because a plan provides
a specific path for developing
own poor and un-developed
skills and abilities. At the end,
well-developed skills and
abilities enables to a person for
improving its personality and
professionalism in market place.
Time Management
Proper management of time is very essential in the terms of saving own precious time in
different activities of daily live. For managing own time in a proper way, I have added an
effective schedule below which I used in daily life for completing different activities on time
(Hromchenkova, 2018).
Activities 8:00A
M to
9:00A
M
9:00A
M to
10:00A
M
10:00
AM to
2:30P
M
3:00P
M to
4:10P
M
4:10P
M to
5:50P
M
6:00P
M to
7:30P
M
7:30P
M to
8:45P
M
8:45P
M to
9:20P
M
9:20A
M to
5:30
PM
Bring kids
to school
Appointme
nt time

Work time
Pick kids
up
Feed kids
Study time
Use
internet
Take dinner
Going to
University
Photo Log

This photo log is all about activities and operations which I have conducted during the
module. Basically, this photo log is showing me that what type of skills I have to develop for
being an effective personality and professional at any workplace (Camilleri,2016). Recently I
have conducted such activities in the classroom which has been contributed in overall
development of my different employability skills. On the other side, currently I have an effective
CV as well which I have created recently for showing own capabilities and eligibility to a
business or an individual. Class room activities were really put a very positive impact on my
overall development of personality and professionalism.

Reflection
Reflection is the part of classwork, because when a person conducts the activity of
reflection, then it will be able to develop learn many new things with the support of past
activities and experience. Basically, reflection gives us opportunity to learn from activities and
operations which we have conducted before. According to my research, there are many tools and
models of reflection simply available in the market place which I can use to reflect on my recent
group presentation (Yunhaiand Chengwei, 2019). For example; Kolb’s model of reflection and
Gibbs reflective model are two key models for the personal reflection, in which I have used
Gibbs model below for reflecting on my recent group presentation.
Gibbs Model
This model was first introduced by Mr. Graham Gibbs in year 1988, and this model
projects five key stages of reflection which has been used here to reflect on my last group
presentation activity.
Description
Recently I have participated in a group presentation with my different colleagues, and
with the support of this presentation, I have learnt many new things in during the module.
Basically, when we have participated in a group work or team work, then this step enables us to
learn many new things and also enables to develop our various skills, and that is why currently I
have different well-developed skilled just because of last group presentation.
Feelings
I felt very positive while working different colleagues for giving a proper group
presentation. Firstly, we all colleague was came together for discussing about what types of
activities we should conduct to gain better outcomes from group present. So, during the
discussion, almost all colleagues was used very polite language, and this factor made me felt
very excellent.
Evaluation

After participating in that group presentation, I become able to know that proper skills of
communication play an excellent role to turn an ordinary group work into an effective group
work.
Conclusion
It can be concluded that we should have proper skills of presentation to give an excellent
presentation in the front of many people or audience. I was able put very positive impact on all
audience, because I have used proper body language and words while giving the presentation.
Action
After participating in the group work or group presentation, I was becoming able to
develop own different employability skills, but still I have some skills which are completely un-
developed or poor, so I need to make an effective action plan for developing these all skills.
Action Plan
Formulation of an effective action plan is very important task to a person, in which I have
created a very productive action plan to me below for developing own various poor or
undeveloped skills (Li,2016).
Action Plan
1. My goals.
I have goal to be fully developed by personality wise and professionalism wise.
2. Reason behind why this goal is important for me.
This goal is important to me for gaining huge success in the future.
3. Factors in which I have to focus on.
I have focus on developing such skills and attributes which are currently poor and un-
developed.
4. Ways in which I can know if I will make the progress for my goals.
I will use a KPI (Key Performance Indicator) tool for measuring effectiveness of own
progress which I will be used to achieve own goals.
5. What types of actions and steps can I take right now (short-term goals)?
I have to participate in training sessions for the personal development.