Report: Self Development and Responsibility for Effective Students

This report delves into the concept of self-development and its crucial role in a student's journey towards becoming effective. It emphasizes the importance of setting goals and acquiring new skills to navigate life's challenges. The report defines an effective student as one who meets expectations and achieves academic success, highlighting the significance of good grades for future prospects. It explores methods to gauge a student's effectiveness and identifies key attributes such as listening, time management, and note-taking skills. The report differentiates between learners focused on long-term knowledge and those prioritizing passing assessments, while also presenting tools like PDP and SWOT analysis to enhance learning. Furthermore, it underscores the significance of communication skills for effective learning, concluding with the importance of these attributes in achieving academic and future goals. The report includes references to relevant literature on self-development and responsibility.

Self Development
and Responsibility

Table of Content
• Introduction
• Why being an effective student is important
• How would you judge whether your studying has been effective or not?
• What are the attributes of effective students?
• Different attributes of effective students
• Difference between learner and student focusing on passing assessment.
• Tools that help student to become effective learner
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
Self development or personal development includes all the activities which assist in
regulating the identity, potentials, talents and overall quality of life for attaining the desired
aspirations and dreams. For developing one's self development many steps has to be
implemented which aids in learning new and innovative skills that eventually helps in
coping up with the bad circumstances of life.

Why being an effective student is
important?
Effective students can be describe as the students that is able to meet with the expectation of
teachers and parents by gaining set goal. It is very important to become an effective
students as this helps in scoring good grade in exam which lead to successful completion of
academic courses.

How would you judge whether your
studying has been effective or not?
There are different ways through which effectiveness of student can be judged. I consider
myself as an effective student has I have appropriate knowledge and understanding about
the topic in is taught by teacher. By effective learning potential I am able to develop skills
and capabilities that is helpful for my future growth and development.

What are the attributes of effective
students?
There are different attributes of effective student which is very helpful in attaining set goals
and getting better grade in academic studies. The major attributes that is essential are
listening skills, time management skills as well as notes taking skills. All of these skills play
crucial role in overall performance of students as well as successful completion of
academic course.

Different attributes of effective
students
There are different attributes of a student that is very supportive in becoming effective
students. The major skills are notes taking skills, listening skills and time management
skill. All of these skills are mention below in detail.
• Time management skill
• Notes taking skills
• Listening skills

Difference between learner and student
focusing on passing assessment.
There are different types of students and each student have their own motive. There is huge
difference between all those students who are studying only for getting pass in assignment
or gaining certificate. Leaning capacity of these students are for very short period of time
and they are not focusing on future career. Where as there are some students that is focusing
on enhancing their knowledge as well as transferring skills.

Tools that help student to become
effective learner
There are different tools that support in becoming an effective learner. Some of the major
tools are PDP and SWOT analysis. Both of these are very effective tool in which SWOT
analysis stands for strength, weakness, opportunity and threat. Where as PDP refer as the
personal development plan.

Importance of communication for
effective student
Communication is one of the crucial component that is important for effective learner or
student. This refers to the capability of a person through which student can effectively
communicate with each other as well as enhance their knowledge. By developing
communication skill student will be able to achieve desired goals effectively.

Conclusion
From the above presentation it can be concluded that that there are different aspects helps
student to become an effective and efficient learn. It is very important for a students to
become as effective students as this will help in gaining good grade as well as help in
achieving future goal also. There are many attributes such as time management, active
listening skills and so on which is very helpful in enhancing knowledge as well as
accomplishing desired targets also.

References
• Pedler, M., Burgoyne, J. and Boydell, T., 2013. A Manager's Guide to Self-development.
McGraw-Hill Education (UK).
• Krettenauer, T., 2013. Moral motivation, responsibility and the development of the moral
self. In Handbook of Moral Motivation (pp. 215-228). Brill Sense.
• Lazarus, D. and Ferris, T.L., 2016. Assessing self-responsibility in employability
competencies development among Australian engineering students: introductory report.
• Frizen, M.A., 2014. SELF-DEVELOPMENT AS A FORM OF PERSONALITY'S
EXISTENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Kemerovo State University Bulletin. 1(3).