Personal Development Plan: Goal Setting and Tutor Interview Analysis

This document presents a personal development plan focusing on skills enhancement and goal setting, incorporating a personal analysis, setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, and including an interview with a tutor. The personal analysis identifies strengths, opportunities, areas for development, and potential threats. Goal setting emphasizes what the individual wants to learn and what actions are necessary, with defined measures of success and target review dates. Specific goals range from improving workstation organization and communication skills to completing an education program with high grades and starting a business. The tutor interview provides insights into teaching methods, challenges in learning, and the importance of SWOT analysis and personalized learning. The plan references experiential learning theory, peer assessment, and the significance of emotional intelligence.

Part B
Personal Development Plan
Name: Degree:
Part 1 – Personal Analysis
Personal Analysis was carried out in order to bring out the focus on my
strengths and to address the areas in which the further development can
be done. The main goal was to realise my own potential to assess the
various opportunities and threats in the learning experience.
Personal analysis is explained below-
Strengths Areas for further development
 My unique strength is my
strategic thinking.
 I complete my projects on time.
 Attentive and cooperative.
 I used to have a terrible writing
skills
 Knowledge of the syllabus and
curriculum.
 Areas for further development
is to learn new skills and
knowledge in order to
perform various tasks.
 With the help of module I will
also get a chance to improve
my soft skills that is time
management skills and being
more confident.
 As the world is changing and
in the digital age I can learn
about new software and
technology so that I can build
a better version of myself.
Opportunities Threats

 Adapting to new education
system.
 Train by using various skills that
is creative learning skills and
creative skills.
 Lack on knowledge on certain
topics.
 My personal nature is
affecting my career
advancements.
 Some language skills are still
developing.
 Other can easily influence me
Although, it is important for every learner to learn a core set of knowledge and
developing various skills during the course (Kohut and Ornstein, 2018).
Part 2 - Setting goals
What do I want
to learn?
What do I have
to do?
How will I
measure
success?
Target date for
review?
Initiate and
entrepreneurialis
m
I need to
recognize the
resources, ideas
and various
opportunities
I will measure
success by taking
initiatives in the
classrooms
2 weeks
Proper time
management
By being more
focused
I will measure my
success by being
able to complete
my tasks and work
on time
3 weeks
Critical thinking
and problem
solving
By being more
specific in using
knowledge and
facts in order to
sole the
problems
By making use of
critical thinking
test that allows to
solve the problems
with critical
thinking mindset
1 month

to measure the
level of
performance
Effective
Communication
By maintaining a
positive mindset
and attending
various
workshops and
trainings
Success will be
measured by
monitoring the
overall
performance of
the learner
3 weeks
Part 3 – Personal Objectives
Due to setting personal objectives, a learner can get a direction in order to
achieve the personal objectives of the life. As the objectives give something to
aim for by making use of efforts and these goals will serve as a guide to reach
success. Once the goals are written and mind will be clear about achieving such
goals. Even the smallest tasks done on daily basis, will add up to the big results
(Topping, 2018).Various goals are explained below-
Short-term goals (next 12 months)
 One of my short term goal is to keep my workstation clean and
organised so, that I can increase the level of productivity and I will be
more inspired to study.
 To improve my communication skills as this skill is helpful in many ways
and due to this I will be able to resolve the conflicts in life (Teoli,
Sanvictores and An 2019).
 Another short term goal is to enhance my overall academic performance
to qualify my module so that I can bring more opportunities in the future
for personal and career aspects.
 Also, to submit all my projects and assignments on the time and before
deadline.
 My another goal is to improve my notes making skills so that I can keep
the information organised in the form of notes of the class (Williams,
2018).
Medium term goals (next 2-3 years)
 My medium goal is to complete my education program with a higher
score and good grades.

 Another goal is to learn new language in the next two years as it is
necessary for bringing success in my life. My thinking pattern will be
more creative and flexible.
Longer term goals (beyond 3 years)
 Longer term goal is to improve my emotional intelligence by making use
of skill that is by actively listening to the people (Kuk and Holst, 2018).
 Another long term is to start up my own business by prioritizing my goals
and fully focus on the goal.
 Another long term goal is to focus on my health by making some
modifications in my lifestyle and diet.
Part C-Interview with Tutor
Q1. Can you tell me some details about your education and experience ?
Ans. I was less positive about the learning journey because I was not confident
but the things moved so quickly and this module directly prepared me to do
well in the future. This module gave me the real world experience and I was
able to finish my projects on time. I participated in each activity of my
program.
Q2. What are some of your favourite ways for teaching students?
Ans. So far, I have noticed and felt personally that providing feedback is one of
the favourite way in learning because under this we got the opportunity to
improve our mistakes by having written and verbal feedback. Under this
module, we got both positive and constitutive feedback from our mentors that
helped me in keeping myself motivated. It was done in the form of discussion
and class surveys and we were also provided the option to ask our queries
anytime.

Q3. Did you find any trouble in learning module and explain the ways to
improve communication skills ?
Ans. No, I did not find any trouble in learning module as our teachers have
always been there for us and with the help of experienced teachers we
understood the various issues and challenges in the learning process.
There are various ways to improve the communication skills and that we
learnt in this module such as by being an active listener through paying
attention when someone says something and sharing our own thoughts and
ides.
Q4.Explain the various skills learnt by the students in this module ?
Ans In this module, we have developed various skills such as communication
skills, presentation skills, time management skills, decision making skills, critical
thinking and problem solving,
Q5. What do you mean by SWOT Analysis and Personalized learning ?
Ans. SWOT Analysis is defined as a framework that can be used to make
analysis of the learner in order to improve the performance by analysing the
various factors that is strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats. Under
this module, I did my personal analysis that assisted me in setting my personal
desired goals. Being a learner, I needed a direction in attaining the personal
objectives of the work and personal life. Due to this analysis, I got some
objectives that allows me to gather the efforts which will serve as a guide to
reach success in the future. Once the goals are decided, learners will be clear
about the tasks to achieve and also the smallest tasks done on daily basis, will
add up to the big results.
Whereas Personalised learning is a term which is used for present a
learning approach which focuses on the strength, skills, interest and needs of
the learners. With the help of this module, I was able to enhance my
personalised learning because I got the chance to interact with learners and
teachers.

References
Books and Journal
Kuk, H.S. and Holst, J.D., 2018. A dissection of experiential learning theory:
Alternative approaches to reflection. Adult Learning, 29(4), pp.150-157.
Topping, K.J., 2018. Using peer assessment to inspire reflection and learning.
Routledge.
Kohut, H. and Ornstein, P., 2018. The search for the self: Selected writings of
Heinz Kohut 1978-1981. Routledge.
Teoli, D., Sanvictores, T. and An, J., 2019. SWOT analysis.
Williams, A.E., 2018. Exploring the utility of academia. edu: a SWOT
analysis. Information and Learning Science.