Plan for Academic Writing: Personal Development Planning and Source Evaluation

Learning Outcomes Assessed:

LO1: Plan for academic writing demonstrating effective structure and layout.

LO2: Demonstrate effective referencing techniques.

Task One:

Produce a detailed plan for the following report question:

Describe and discuss the role of personal development planning. Using a Personal Development Plan, outline your aims and objectives for your Professional Development (including your University Career).

Your plan should include section headings, main ideas and quotes you want to use and adhere to the following structure: -

1. Define the concept of personal and professional development.

2. Describe and discuss the value of short term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.

3. Describe and discuss the value of medium term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples.

4. Describe and discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal examples

5. Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using your identified goals. (This will only be included in the appendices of Assignment 2).

Task Two:

Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source.

Task Three:

Write an evaluation of eight sources you have used in the report plan.

Each evaluation must consider the following:

Author

Purpose

Reliability

Relevance

Task 4

Your plan should be grammatically correct and must contain appropriate in-text referencing and a list of references at the end.

Your evaluations must include at least three books.

Minimum Secondary Research Source Requirements: Level HE3 - It is expected that the Reference List will contain at least five sources. As a MINIMUM the Reference List should include three academic books.

Specific Assessment Criteria

The plan will be to a very high standard. It will provide a comprehensive definition of personal development and an overview of the required elements of a personal development plan. Further, the work will exhibit a thorough appreciation of academic sources and the application of criteria to determine a suitable citation.

The plan will be to a very good standard. It will provide a very clear definition of personal development and an overview of the required elements of a personal development plan. Further, the work will exhibit a very good appreciation of academic sources and the application of criteria to determine a suitable citation.

The plan will be to a good standard. It will provide a good definition of personal development and an overview of the required elements of a personal development plan. Further, the work will exhibit a good appreciation of academic sources and the application of criteria to determine a suitable citation.

The plan will be to a satisfactory standard. It will provide a definition of personal development and an overview of the required elements of a personal development plan. Further, the work will exhibit a reasonable appreciation of academic sources and the application of criteria to determine a suitable citation.

Students who do not meet the requirements of a third class grade will not successfully complete the assessment activity.

Submission Instructions:

In Module Guide, see Section 12 Guidelines for the Preparation and Submission of written coursework, which will give you details on how to submit your work electronically. You are required to submit only electronic copies of your written assessments, unless your Module Tutor advises you otherwise.

·Do not cut and paste phrases or paragraphs from published sources. You should seek to use your own words to explain concepts and theory.

·If you wish to refer to specific quotes from published sources, then you must use full Harvard presentation. See BISSTO for clear guidance.

·Do not share work with other students.