Academic Skills and PDP: Report on Goal Setting and Development

This report explores the significance of academic skills in achieving academic and professional success. It evaluates the concept of a personal and professional development plan (PDP), including the identification and analysis of short, medium, and long-term goals with relevant examples. The report also discusses the value of a personal development plan, the impact of author credibility, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source utilization, and provides an evaluation of a personal development plan. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of PDP in student growth and suggests that universities should support PDP through various programs and training initiatives.

Academic Skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Concept of personal and professional development plan ......................................................1
Academic related short term goals and their three examples ................................................1
Different medium term goals and their examples .................................................................2
Long term goals and three examples .....................................................................................2
Description and discussion on the value of personal development plan and formulation of an
example of different goals .....................................................................................................3
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................4
Analysis of the way in which ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source......................................................................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
Evaluation of personal development plan 150.......................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are the key assets of effective learning, development and success in the
academic life and it further impact the professional career of the students. These are the sates of
qualities and abilities which benefits the academic performance and pursuit. Such as in the
academic research, report writing, learning and presentation. These skills are communication,
time management, problem solving etc. in context to the continuous development and
improvement of the students academic life along with these skills, one of the most important
activities and action plan is personal and provisional development plan. Which helps to analyses
the skills strengths and weakness along with the identification of different methods of skills
development goal achievement. In this report personal and professional development plan
different aspects and method's are evaluated along with analysis of different terms and level of
the goals.
TASK 1
Concept of personal and professional development plan
Personal and professional development is one of the most essential process or method
with in the application of which individual can engage themselves and work in the process of self
skills, experiences, learning and development. This is the crucial strategy of professional and
academic career development, with in the aid of which student can get the career opportunities.
So in context to the effective personal and professional development with the improvement of
essential skills , PPD plan play very important role. In context to the academics this PPD plan
contribute to the achievement of competitive advantages and growth.
There are the different types and level of goals which should be identified in order to
manage effective PPD plan, such as short, mid and long term goal.
Academic related short term goals and their three examples
In context to the academic life short term goals are the objective with short expectation,
which frame between the short time frame or period. This types of goals are having the short
duration for accomplishment such as 5 to 6 months.
Examples of short term goal
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 In context to the effective performance in academics development of the effective
communication skills.
 Development of the critical thinking skills in context to the effective academic problem
solving.
 Improvement of the time management skills in context to the success in academic
assessment and professional opportunities.
Different medium term goals and their examples
Mid term goals are connected to the short and long term goals because this is the key step
of student development and achievement of the long term goals of the academic life. This take
bit longer time then short term goal, this take approx one year to achieve and without the
accomplishment of short term goal individual can not reach into this step. This contribute to the
important skills and experience development of the student which helps to meet comparative
advantages.
Examples of the mid term goals
 Development of the effective team management and leadership skills.
 Innovative skills and out of the box thinking skills development in order to become best
performer of the academic year.
 Achievement of the good results in various academic assessment through the
development of problem solving and task management skills.
Long term goals and three examples
Long term goals require the effective planing and initial steps of development such as
short and mid term goals, because there are various skills which require to be develop in the
initial stages of the academics and then apply in the long term goal achievement. This types of
goals are involving the time period of 5 to 6 years and related to the students career goals. This
basically focus on the development of professional skills.
Examples of the long term goals
 Development of the management skills in context to the different management roles and
responsibilities.
 Development of the different leadership style skills and knowledge in order to work with
different team at different type of situation.
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 Development of the effective analytical skills and experiences.
Description and discussion on the value of personal development plan and formulation of an
example of different goals
Objective
achieved
Method's used Resources
required
Measurement of
success
Time
Development of
the effective
communication
skills, such as
presentation,
verbal and written
communication.
Study and
evaluate the
different
principles and
strategies of
effective
communication
given in the text
book.
Important
resources of skills
development is
communication
assets and
assessments.
Evaluation of the
academic
assessment and
PPT results.
5 months
Problem solving
skills
development.
Take more
responsibilities
and participation
in the problem
solving task and
study of the
problem solving
strategies.
Study recourse,
books, and task
opportunities.
Evaluation of the
team performance
and task
accomplishment.
4 years
Improvement of
the leadership
skills and
knowledge of the
different
leadership styles.
Study and
application of the
leadership
strategies and
styles.
Online and offline
assets of study
such as books and
journals.
Evaluation of my
performance in
team work and
my influence.
3 years.
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TASK 2
Analysis of the way in which ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source
In context to the selection and application of the different sources that is important to
make sure that Authors purpose, reliability and information is relevant. Because in order to
make effective reports and which should be impressive and relevant for the readers. This can
only be possible to select and use the sources for report if that is meeting the standards of
effective referencing. There are the various sources with the relabel, and relevant authors
purpose.
TASK 3
Evaluation of personal development plan 150
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevancy
Book (Briller and
Goldmach
er, 2020)
Main purpose of
the book is
Designing an
anthropology
career:
professional
development
exercises.
This source is
essential because
this helps to
understand the
concept of the
piperonal and
profession
development,
This is relevant
due to the best
position ans
author education
in PPD.
Journal (Luo and
Hostetler,
2020)
Main purpose of
the journal is
Making
professional
development
more social: A
systematic review
of librarians'
professional
This source is
important because
author is aims to
make personal
and professional
development
more social and
illustrate the all
aspects.
This is relevant
due to the
illustration of
higher standard
information.
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development
through social
media.
Book (Bradford and
Brown,
2017)
Main purpose of
the book is to
give instruction
higher education:
Policy, challenges
and outcomes.
This book source
is crucial for the
report because
this is providing
the essential
information of the
higher education
instruction and
different levels of
goals.
Relevant for the
report due to the
collection and
representation
important and
standard higher
education
information.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been concluded that personal and professional development
plan is important in context to the effective growth and development of the students in their
academic life, and for that universities have to support PPD through different programs and
training of the sort, mid and long term goal development related to the academic skills, which
help the student to identify their development needs and goals. For its further application in PPD
plan and actions.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Briller, S.H. and Goldmacher, A., 2020. Designing an anthropology career: professional
development exercises. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Luo, T. and Hostetler, K., 2020. Making professional development more social: A systematic
review of librarians' professional development through social media. The Journal of
Academic Librarianship, 46(5), p.102193.
Bradford, A. and Brown, H. eds., 2017. English-medium instruction in Japanese higher
education: Policy, challenges and outcomes. Multilingual Matters.
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