Personal Development is a lifelong process that involves the assessment of current skills and talents and the enhancement of oneself based on that assessment which then leads to the realization of goals and an improved quality of life. To be able to assess yourself, you need to be able to reflect on your past which helps you to understand the attitudes you have developed and the foundation that you will be building your life on. Also, you have to reflect on your present to see if there’s room for
(Ghaye, 2000, p.7) In order to fully understand the personal development and reflective reasoning in relation to your development in the Nursing field, one will have to define these two terminologies. Personal development means to include activities that improve awareness, can develop potential that will ultimately enhance the quality of life. Medical colleges advocate personal development plans as a basis for continuing professional development. Whereas, reflective reasoning is where a nurse can
review the historical events and available information to create a picture of where to go next. The purpose of this paper is to review the personal information from the career assessments taken in HS 585 Career Counseling at Bellevue University. The review will focus on this author’s personal results. This paper will combine the assessments with the author’s personal history to provide a context for future career goals. Assessment Summary The primary assessment performed and examined within the HS
Professional Development Plan: Taking the time to reflect on one’s career can increase self-awareness and enhance professional development. A career development plan is a confidential and integral document created by an individual which outlines the activities undertaken during their life. Hence, a professional development plan documents goals and skills required to accomplish dreams and aspirations. Moreover, a professional development plan is a reminiscent of ones’ past experiences and
Personal Development Plan This report is a personal development plan that shows an evaluation of current skills and knowledge that includes my strengths and weaknesses. Development is a lifelong of nurturing, shaping and improving an individual's skills, knowledge and interests to ensure my maximum effectiveness and adaptability, and to minimize the obsolescence of my skills and my chances of redundancy. It does not necessarily imply upward movement; rather, it is about enabling individuals
Personal review This programme comes later in my life and career, so I have thought at length on my motivation for embarking on this. My main reason - I still strongly believe, even at this mature stage, this will open opportunities that have previously been closed off. Working for 15 years as a Trainer and Lecturer in Further Education, I have acquired a keener awareness of learners’ personal development needs - which I view as one of my major strengths. Previously I helped design then delivered
The Development of Personal Computers The history of the computer goes back hundreds of years. From the abacus through the modern era the evolution of computers has involved many innovative individuals. It was out of this desire to innovate many fascinating tabulating machines developed. The modern computer, therefore, evolved from an amalgamation of the genius of many individuals over a long period of history. Many people shaped the world by making the efforts to develop technology. An early
Professional Development Plan In this paper I will be covering and analysing personal and professional development. Four respective patches have been undertaken for this module which addressed. Professional development plans, reflective practice, mentoring and supervision and the critical reflection of learners in the learning process. The first patch is talking about the use of Personal Development Plan enabling learning and development in professional practice. The second patch is discussing
Ledingham Chalmers: Professional Skills and Personal Development Executive Summary The subject of this report, estate agencies, and Ledingham Chalmers in particular, were chosen because at some point in everybody's life, property is going to be in the picture, and most likely all business linked to that will be handled through an estate agent's. The reason for choosing property, over so many other possibilities, is that the professional skills required in each of the fields connected to property
A personal development plan is something everyone should have, having a plan helps us to keep track of our goals when we are advancing in our life. But what is a personal development plan? Stella Cottrell (2010) stated that “PDP refers to much more than career planning, although that is one important aspect of the initiative. It is about creating structured opportunities for students to develop a wider range of skills and personal qualities that will benefit them in life, work and study. These might
Module: Personal, social and emotional development Assessment A – A child study Name: Aishling Dunne Student ID: BLUMOCT1621 Introduction This assignment will focus on the importance of the development of a child personally, socially and emotionally. It will include ideas of theorists and their notions of what Personal, Social and Emotional development is. The assignment will be based on observations of a child I have chosen from a Preschool environment. I will refer to the child in the assignment
Personal Introduction of Childhood – Adolescence Childhood and adolescence is a time in life when one goes through many changes. Most children around the age of five are leaving home, some for the first times and starting kindergarten, where they are getting used to new surroundings and start what is the beginning of their social lives. Adolescence is when one goes through many different types of changes that include the mind, body and social developments. Some childhood-adolescence years are full
Development of the Personal Computer in the 1970’s Personal Computers (PC’s) are everywhere. I am sitting at my desk right now writing this report on my PC. It seems like these days we take computers for granted. Almost everyone has one. Teachers assign projects that almost completely require the use of a computer. Where did this explosion of PC’s come from, though? Just a few short years ago you were lucky to have a computer. About 25 years ago people would have called you crazy if you said you
to the ongoing process and study of human development. The study of human development is unique in a sense that it draws life and social science research methods and theories to explain how one’s psychological, cognitive and social-emotional development are influenced by biological, psychological and environmental factors (p.#). Many believe that one’s being is a product of “nature versus nurture”. However, research and studies show that human development involves both “nature and nurture” in each
Personal Philosophy Introduction Child development is divided into four areas of development; social / emotional, physical (motor), cognitive, and language. Typically children develop in a sequence of stages in each area. Although development normally follows the same series of stages, there are individual differences in what age each stage occurs. Development in part depends on the experiences a child encounters. According to Wardle (2004), young children learn from their total experience
Understanding Children and Adolescents: My Personal Theory of Child and Adolescent Behavior Child development is a subsection of developmental science. Developmental science seeks to study human growth and changes from conception until death. Child development however only seeks to study a period from conception to approximately 20. Child development is a cumulation of theories and data, a constant modification to improve knowledge and create new theories based that new knowledge. Some of those
This paper will provide students the opportunity to examine their own personal life-span development. Thus, one is to explore own personal growth, development and progression. Classroom material and readings will be used to support personal life development. There are 7 areas this paper will focus on discussing. This includes history, parent history, family dynamics, theory, relationship, analyzing and conclusion. History I am a first generation Mexican American; my parents were both born
Erik Erikson, one of the most famous psychoanalysts in history, is praised for his well known theories of personality development. Much like Sigmund Freud, Erikson believed in childhood being an essential period of personality growth that can be divided into stages. While Freud’s theories were psychosexual discoveries, Erikson 's theory details the impact of social behavior throughout one’s whole life. An important element in Erikson 's psychosocial stage theory is the adapted ego. The ego is the
Higher National Diploma Computing and Systems Development Unit 3 – Employability & Professional Development Draft Hand in date: Wednesday 30th April 2014 Module Leader: Sharon Planter Assignment Reference: 1of 2 Assignment Title: Essential Employability Skills and your Personal and Professional Development Year: 2014 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Essential Employability Skills and your Personal and Professional Development YEAR 2013 ASSESSOR Sharon Planter UNIT: 3 UNIT TITLE:
Self-development Programs Self-development, as defined by Wikipedia, is a deliberate focus by the individual on self-improvement and the self-realization of their goals and desires. Self-development can be physical, experiential, mental, emotional or spiritual. Self-development is essentially the exploration of self. The motivation to undertake Self-development begins with a desire to realize our higher selves through transcending the negative qualities and behaviors we have learned and adopted throughout