Professional Practice - Learning Through Organisation

Assessment - Reflective Practice Report

Assessment Tasks
Based on your completed portfolio tasks and PDP development episode,you should write 1500 (+/-10%) words of reflection on how this module has helped you develop your skills throughout the semester (week 1 to week 12)using Gibbs' reflective model in your:

a. Professional Development - Choose one topic from below. Do not discuss all the topics. Analyse and reflect on how learning from this module has developed your professional abilities from week 1 to week 12. Give examples of how you have used / can use the learning from this module.

Choose from: assessment of skills (week 1), career planning (week 2), emotional intelligence (week 4), CV writing / interview skills (week5), project management (week 6) negotiation skills (week 7) coaching skills (week 8), problem solving (week 9)and expanding your comfort zone (week 11).

b. Personal Development - Choose one topic from below. Do not discuss all the topics.Analyse and reflect on how learning from this module has developed your personal skills from week 1 to week 12. Give examples of how you have used / can use the learning from this module.
Choose from:assessment of skills (week 1), emotional intelligence (week 4), coaching skills (week 8),self-development and leadership (week 10), comfort zone (week 11).

c. Academic Development-Choose one topic from below. Do not discuss all the topics. Analyse and reflect on how learning from this module has helped you in your academic development from week 1 to week 12. Give examples on how you can use the learning from this module.
Choose from:assessment of skills (week 1), academic writing (week 3), self-development and leadership (week 10).

Use a minimum of 5 academic references to support your reflection.
Assessment criteria
- Comprehension of task and requirements: Successful understanding and completion of the task, addressing professional, personal and academic development. Learning logs and PDP are attached.
- Acquisition of knowledge and application: It is evident that the paper is based on the entries in your weekly learning log and PDP. Other sources have also been used to support your work.
- Presentationand Referencing: Professional presentation following academic structure, using headings and paragraphs to structure the work, no spelling, grammar or punctuation errors and a clear line of argument. Referencing follows the requirements of Harvard Referencing in text and list.Instructions for completing Assignment:

Contents page
Complete the contents page with your page numbers.

Introduction (Around 100 - 150 words)
What is this assignment about? Remember to introduce the topic of reflection and its importance for development. Give a hook to raise interest, background information on the topic and an outline, stating what this assignment contains.

Self-Evaluation (1000 -1200 words)
Use the following headings and discuss how this module learning helped you in the following three areas:
i. Professional Development
ii. Personal Development
iii. Academic Development

You should:
a. Use Gibb's reflective model to structure your evaluation, and reflect on what skills you have developed, why they are important and how youhave used / can use the learning from this module.
b. Focus on one key area of development for each of thesesections, e.g. negotiation skills or coaching for professional development.
c. Support your ideas with examples, theories, models and relevant research.

Conclusion (Around 150) words
Summarise your main points, then identifyoutline 2 or 3 ideas for continued skills development.

References
You should support your reflection using a minimum of 5 academic references.