Reflective Report on Emotional Intelligence and Personal Growth

You are required to write a 1500 word reflective report demonstrating your awareness of the components, behaviours and strategies of the emotionally intelligent professional and their relevance to your personal growth. 

Your reflective report should focus on two components of emotional intelligence that have been explored within the module and critically discuss their relevance to your professional development. You should:

Provide a self-evaluation of your capabilities for the two components that you have identified. Your self-evaluation could use any of the following:

Critical incident analysis Other reflection models

Provide an outline of strategies that you could use to develop your emotional intelligence for the two components that you have identified. You should ensure that this is supported by evidence, practical and relevant to your circumstances and professional aspirations.

Incorporate relevant theories, models, behaviours and strategies General study guidance:

Cite all information used in your work which is clearly from a source. Try to ensure that all sources in your reference list are seen as citations in your work, and all names cited in the work appear in your reference list.

The University has regulations relating to academic misconduct, including plagiarism. The Learning Innovation and Development Centre can advise and help you with how to avoid ‘poor scholarship’ and potential academic misconduct.

If you have any concerns about your writing, referencing, research or presentation skills, you are welcome to consult the Learning Innovation Development Centre team  It is possible to arrange 1:1 consultation with a LIDC tutor once you have planned or written a section of your work, so that they can advise you on areas to develop.

• Do not exceed the word limit

• The Assessment Criteria are shown the end of this document. Your tutor will discuss how your work will be assessed/marked and will explain how the assessment criteria apply to this piece of work. These criteria have been designed for your level of study.
• These criteria will be used to mark your work and will be used to support the electronic feedback you receive on your marked assignment. Before submission, check that you have tried to meet the requirements of the higher-grade bands to the best of your ability. Please note that the marking process involves academic judgement and interpretation within the marking criteria.
• The Learning Innovation Development Centre can help you to understand and use the assessment criteria. To book an appointment, either visit them on The Street in the Charles Sikes Building or email them on [email protected]

This section is for information only.

The assessment task outlined above has been designed to address specific validated learning outcomes for this module. It is useful to keep in mind that these are the things you need to show in this piece of work.

On completion of this module, students will need to demonstrate:

LO1 Have a sense of self-awareness within the frameworks of growth mindset theory and inter- and intrapersonal  intelligences

LO2 Understand how to self assess and self manage in the development of your emotional intelligence.

LO5 Develop a personal proactive strategy for improvement of EQ

Please note these learning outcomes are not additional questions.