...In our learning and development class, we had a final exam project, where we wrote a course reflection paper about the class along with a digital presentation. In this reflective essay, I will discuss about what three big ideas this semester that impacted me the most, how my personal philosophy has changed throughout this course, and ideas/facts I learned this semester that surprised me. First, I will discuss about one of the three big ideas this semester that has impacted me the most. One big idea this semester that has impacted me the most I believe is learning about multiple intelligences. In this class, I learned in chapter 10, that american psychologist Howard Gardner came up with eight unique and independent types of intelligences that...
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...3000 More / Lebih dari 10 years/ tahun SECTION B / BAHAGIAN B : PERCEPTION OF TRAINING PROVIDED / TANGGAPAN TERHADAP LATIHAN YANG DIBERIKAN Instructions: Circle the number that reflects your level of agreement with the following statement. Assuming the figures as mean as described below. Arahan: Bulatkan pada angka yang menggambarkan tahap persetujuan anda dengan penyataan yang diberi. Anggapkan angka-angka itu sebagai bermaksud deperti yang dinyatakan dibawah ini. 5 = Always (A) / Selalu 4 = Frequently (F) / Kerap 3 = Sometimes (S) / Kadang-Kadang 2 = Rarely (R) / Jarang-Jarang 1 = Never (N) / Tidak Pernah NO | ORIGINAL | EDIT | 1 | My company has provided me with ongoing training, which enables me to do my job better | My company has provided me with ongoing training, which enables me to do my job betterSyarikat saya telah menyediakan latihan berterusan...
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...outside the box to determine great ideas that ensure success and determination when brainstorming anything. Reflecting back to week one I had to identify what critical thinking was to me and identify the six thinking stages of thinking and I fell into stage two which was the challenged thinker. I put myself into this stage because of how much I didn’t really know about critical thinking and the details it included. After nine weeks of learning about critical thinking and the details that are included, I have been able to move into further stages of critical thinking. In the last nine week’s I have read and understood many significant things about critical thinking. The top three significant things I have taken away from this class are; creative thinking, the role of questioning and criticism, and arguments analysis and evaluation. Creative thinking has taught me how to evaluate strategies to promote creative thinking and curiosity, and how to explain key methods for producing ideas. I am now able to understand different ways of thinking creatively when producing new ideas and presenting them. The role of questioning and criticism has ensured me to explain types of questions that lead to critical thinking, and to apply those strategies to stop criticism in problem solving. After learning about this topic it has ensured me to be more aware of the questioning that leads me into accepting and giving criticism when producing new ideas. My last significant thing I learned during...
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...Chapter 5 Summary There is wide spread agreement in education regarding the purpose of ongoing teacher professional development. It intends to qualitatively and quantitatively extend an educators’ skill set so that they are continually effective in the classroom. Like any other profession teachers must keep their skills sharp and updated as the educational system is only as good as its players. The key to this quality education for all students is the classroom teacher, but not just any classroom teacher (Killion & Harrison, 2006). Students must have skillful, highly effective teachers who have consistent access to ongoing professional development (Sparks & Hirsch, 2000; Guskey, 1997; Guskey, 1998; Maldonado, 2002). NCLB offers broad guidelines for effective professional development acknowledging the integral nature of ongoing professional development that seeks to insure teachers continually possess the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform their duties (Lauer & Dean 2004). NCLB requires all 50 states to provide “high-quality” professional development that will ensure every teacher is both highly qualified and highly effective. The federal government’s definition of high-quality professional development includes activities that improve and increase teachers’ academic knowledge, are part of school and district improvement plans, provide teachers the knowledge to meet state content standards, are sustained, intensive and classroom focused, support...
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...understanding human nature and development. II. Body Paragraph #1: Relatability a. Quote #1: “From its immortal opening sentence, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,” Pride and Prejudice has enchanted readers around the world, in every language, for 200 years.” (Donahue 1) i. Commentary #1: proves my thesis by showing that a person’s situation is thought to affect their motives and wants, which is a very relatable topic even 200 years later ii. Commentary #2: helps in deeper understanding the novel by providing insight into a main theme/belief of the novel that we will see recur often in the novel, this insight is universal and widely relatable, especially in today’s culture b. Quote #2: “relationships, such as the one which eventually evolved between her character and Mr. Darcy, also sit well with contemporary women.” (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 1) iii. Commentary #1: supports primary quote by giving foreshadowing example of developing relationship, gives support to idea that the themes in the novel are relatable today iv. Commentary #2: helps in deeper understanding the novel by providing foreshadowing and proving relatability with women today c. Quote #3: “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance” (Austen 24) v. Commentary #1: supports my ideas/thesis by reinforcing idea of ‘chance’, which relates to setting...
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...ASSESSMENT ON CREATING A DYNAMIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS Course: Developing personal and professional leadership practice Lecturer: Jill Machon /Jill Fortune Submission Date: 28TH March 2015 Nominal Word Count: 1000 Question: You should seek to show your progress during your studies, taking a critical approach and ensuring all your learning experiences inform your views. You should adapt and amend your plan as new information becomes available, ensuring that you can justify any changes made - keeping a reflective diary may be a way of achieving this. Steps * Introduction (100 words) * Section 1: * Section 2: * Section 3: * Section 4: * Section 5: * Conclusion (100 words) Assessment criteria Using knowledge of theories and concepts from the course reflect upon application and progression of learning and how this will affect/impact on your future management and leadership practice Excellent knowledge of theories and concepts from the course to reflect upon application and progression of learning and how this will affect/impact on your future management and leadership practice. Excellent ability to demonstrate an understanding of the impact of management and leadership practice in the wider organisational community. INTRODUCTION Continuing professional development (CPD) is recognised as a commitment by professionals to continually maintain and enhance their skills and knowledge with a view to support their...
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...be undertaken and three development options will be evaluated to meet my personal needs. The report will be ended with a personal development plan of mine that includes my personal development objectives. CIPD HR Profession Map What is it? HR Profession map is a mechanism to assess HR professionals and evaluate their capabilities in HR profession. The map evaluates the behaviors, activities and knowledge of HR professionals and provides recommendations for further personal development. It is a very useful and effective tool for HR professional to keep track on their personal development on the go. It is a tool that supports HR practitioners all through their career life. It provides help and assistance at any stage for HR professionals’ career. Based on a certain verified standards, HR professionals can assess themselves and find gaps that require further developments. The map has 10 professional areas (two of which are core areas), and eight behaviors. The behaviors and professional areas are ranked into four bands which resembles levels or steps on the map ladder. The map is used for all HR personnel level, from generalists, through specialists to professionals. The specifies the requirement of each level in all the HR aspects. Among its advantages, on individual level, HR personnel can plan for their career development, prepare for performance evaluation, apply for promotion, seeking for new posts, seeking for the right training and development, prepare carefully for...
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...leader because of my well rounded and easily approachable style of management. However, through the scope of learning in this class and my continued investigation of my leadership “self,” I refined my leadership style as more of a coaching/participative style. As a coaching leader I’ve attempted to tie together career aspirations and personal goals of my employees. I take a personal interest in wanting them to succeed and provide hands on instruction help make sure they understand what is being required of them (Money-Zine, 2013). Giving continued feedback on performance, delegating authority, and offering collaborative challenges to retain interest are part of my leadership style. My democratic leadership style is also called the participative style. It is this style that helps me encourage my team mates to become active in the collaborative challenges I mentioned before. I try to keep my employees informed about everything that affects their work and shares decision making and problem solving responsibilities. This particular style compliments coaching as it requires me to be a coach who has the final say, but gathers information from staff members before making a decision. My style of leadership can be very successful; however, I must be careful not to overload my team mates and to make sure they are prepared to handle the different challenges offered to them (Changing Minds, 2013). A leader understands that there is always room for development. Two areas that I...
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...Developing a Shared Vision Developing a Shared Vision at Grand Park Alternative School Research has shown that a critical factor among successful leaders is a clear and focused sense of values (Peters, 1987). I believe that becoming an effective leader is an inside-out process. Therefore the first step in implementing a change in my work environment is ensuring that my values are appropriate for student success at my school (Sarason, 1982). Without firm core beliefs, any leader is perceived as inconsistent and untrustworthy and unlikely to be willingly followed. So answering the internal question “Who am I?” is a crucial to developing a shared vision at my school. Who am I? During the course of my personal “value” inventory I determined that I am an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of learning that is shared and supported by the school community. I strive to reach a balance of head, heart and hands that will allow me to engage and to inspire students and teachers to accomplish phenomenal things without hurting their chances for success. With my personal values identified, I can better initiate a process of determining who we are as a school and how things will be done here (Hord, Rutherford, Huling-Austin, & Hall, 1987). The Shared Vision The next step is to create a shared vision with others. The purpose of creating a shared vision is to involve all the...
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...Attitude 2 3.1 My SKA profile 2 3.2 Skill audit 3 3.3 SWOT analysis 3 4. Personal learning style 4 5. Team Engagement 5 6. Personal Actions Plan 6 7. Masters Learning Personal Reflection 8 8. Conclusion 9 REFERENCE 10 APPENDIX 1: PERSONAL SKILL AUDIT 11 APPENDIX 2: LEARNING STYLE QUESTIONAIRE 15 APPENDIX 3: TEAM ROLES PERSONAL INVENTORY: BELBIN 20 1. Introduction Personal development skill plays a significant role in individual’s life. Especially in current society, when studying and working environment become more competitive and tense. Additionally, employees in many big companies now have more power to contribute their ideas for decision making process (Charan, 1999). Therefore, it is very necessary for me to constantly develop my personal skills. As a student, there are many ways for me to enhance these skills such as: classrooms, clubs, student professional organizations, athletic teams, residence halls, the Clarion community, my home community, internship programs, summer jobs… (Humpfreys, 2004). However, just focusing on developing personal skills is not enough. Assessing and reviewing the development of each skill are also significant. In other words, I should have my own personal development plan which will help me to control my progress. The plan will help me review which achievement I have gained, as well as support me to set further goals for making continuous improvement in each skill area. In this paper, my personal development skill plan will...
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...Individual Self-Development Plan Based on the Results of the Emotional and Social Competence Inventory-University Edition Self-Assessment Questionnaire This paper should be considered a Individual Self- Development plan based on personal results from the “Emotional and Social Competence Inventory-University Edition Self-Assessment Questionnaire.” Having completed the inventory very carefully, giving honest and thoughtful answers I believe that I have and will continue to greatly benefit from this exercise. This assignment has given me reason to look thoroughly at many of my personal challenges that if not improved upon could affect the level of my future successes personally, academically, and professionally. • Working with, understanding, and influencing others • Stress management and self control After completing the questionnaire and reviewing the workbook, I noted that in all except three of my competencies I scored higher than twenty. It is interesting that according to the self assessment profile it could be concluded that I overcompensate in some areas to offset the challenges I have in other competency areas. On the other hand these competencies may not be applicable for the role that I currently hold as an independent Branch Manager. I have considered that with regard to Relationship Management: Inspirational Leadership I scored 24. Yet Influence and Teamwork were two of my lowest scores. I know that it good leaders...
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...IN BUSINESS Managing Professional Development FEB 2010 INTAKE. ID :0008434. BATCH 1 Mohammed Abul Kalam Tutor: Ejabul DATE OF SUBMISSION:11/07/2011 Table of contents page no. 1.1[P1]…….. 2 1.2[P2]….. ……………………………………… ….2.3.4.5 1.3[P3]………………………………………………………….5.6.7.8 1.4[P4]…………………………………………………………….8.9 2.1[P5]……………………………………………………………,9,10 2.2[P6]…………………………………………………………….11 2.3[M1]…………………………………………………………12,13 2.4[D1]………………………………………………………….13,14 3.1[P7]…………………………………………………………..15.16 3.2[P8]…………………………………………………………..17,18 3.3[P9]………………………………………………………..19,20,21 4.1[P10]…..........................................................................................22 4.2[P11]………………………………………………………….23,24 4.3[P12]…………………………………………………………25,26 4.4[P13]…........................................................................................27 4.5[M2]…………………………………………………………….28 4.6[D2]…………………………………………………………28,29 4.7[M3]………….. ………………………………………..30 4.8[D3]……………………………………………………………30 Introduction: I would like to thanks all of my friends and teachers all of the authors who written their books and I have taken help. this assignment consists all of the areas of personal development planning and professional development planning. This assignment aims to develop...
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...attachment theory. It mainly focused on the idea that infants need to create a bound with their caregiver in order to develop emotionally and socially appropriately. It was not until recently that the theory was extended to attachment in adults. Through new research it was found that these early relationship can have a profound affect peer relationships at all ages, romantic and sexual attraction, and responses to the care needs of others as well. This is explained through case studies and applying the finding to the theories developed by Bowlby and Mary Main, defining the types of adult attachment and analyzing those to a personal style of attachment. With understanding the theories of attachment two psychologist decided to expand on the ideas that had been developed by others in their field. Kim Bartholomew and Leonard Horowitz’s expanded on the idea that was presented by Bowlby about how children internalize their attachment relationships with their parents, and internalize that for future relationships. They “…have only recently examined the relationship between working models of attachment and social and emotional adaptation in adults” (Bartholomew and Horowitz, 227, 1991). Meaning there is studies now that examine the way children form attachments to their parents and are now studying the effect that attachment has later in life for a person. For this she developed a prototype for four different types of attachment development that would help define a person’s attachment...
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...|Master of Business Administration Assignment Cover Sheet | | | |Student Number |1136741 | | | | | | | | |Module code |12-13S20BSHR044-6 |Assignment No. |1 | | | | |Module Title |Mobilizing Creativity and Innovation | | | | | | |Module Tutor |Pauline Loewenberger & Sathya Narayanan | | | | | | |Due Date |09.05.2013 | | | | | | ...
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...Project 1 – Academic writing Personal Essay If there's one thing you've had a lot of experience with at this point in your life, it's our class topic—education and personal development. You've been through at least twelve years of formal schooling working towards your development, and you've probably had plenty of other life experiences that could be considered educational with development as an end. This first piece is informal. Think of it as a chance to reflect on one of those experiences by writing about it. The key question you'll answer is "How has this experience affected the way I think/feel about school education or learning and how it contribute to your development of abilities?" You're answering the key question for an audience you identify. You might write to your classmates, in which case you could think of this piece as your contribution to our conversation on the topic of education and personal development. You might write to friends who are still in the high school you graduated from recently, in which case you'll need to remember that they haven't been reading and talking about the ideas we have in this class. You might write to a relative or close friend elsewhere, perhaps someone who shared the experience with you. Keep in mind the kinds of things your readers/classmates will understand already and what you'll need to explain and/or describe in greater detail. Please note your target audience at the top of each draft as you revise. Your goals as a writer...
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