Reflective Essay on Key Personal Quality

Defining and Describing the Personal Quality

You must write and submit a reflective essay which should identify what you consider to be your most important and significant personal quality and your reflection should be focussed on this. The essay should identify the key personal quality that emerges from the various workshop exercises and module experiences and examine how this personal quality is demonstrated across a range of those activities and experiences. This means that you should choose one personal quality that you consider to be your key strength and explore this in depth. You are advised to write approximately 2500 words for the essay but there is no formal word limit.

Things to include:

· Define and describe this quality – use theory. The key to a successful assignment is to clearly define the quality, as this will provide the focus of your assignment.

· Explain, evaluate this quality – use theory. In what ways is this quality a strength for you? Provide specific examples of where this quality has been displayed.

· Are there experiences or contexts where this quality is unhelpful, or you find it difficult to deploy successfully? For example, your strength may be your communication skills but are there certain contexts where you communicate more or less effectively than others – why might this be?

· What attributes, behavioural preferences and values underpin this strength?

· How might this quality benefit you in the future? You should reflect upon what are you going to do to reflect further, develop, and exploit this strength as part of the conclusion and summary of the work.

The assessment will be made not on the quantity of experiences but rather the quality of reflection upon those experiences. This quality will be measured by the extent to which you can demonstrate and explain increased self-awareness in a professional or employment context through a process of reflection.

Remember you MUST use appropriate concepts and theories to explain and evaluate your personal qualities. For example:

· How have you used concepts of reflection and reflexivity?

· How might concepts of happenstance, efficacy and locus of control explain your approach to challenges, your behaviour in different situations and your relative success?

· To what extent do you possess attributes which enable you to successfully exploit happenstance events?

· Description of the professional experience.

· A short reflection upon what you have learned about yourself from engagement in this activity. The reflection section of this piece of evidence will normally be between 250 and 300 words and should link to the substance of the essay.

The work examined is exemplary and provides clear evidence of a complete grasp of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to the Level of the qualification. There is also ample excellent evidence showing that all the learning outcomes and responsibilities appropriate to that Level are fully satisfied. Atthis level it is expected that the work will be exemplary in all the categories cited above. It will demonstrate a particularly compelling evaluation, originality, and elegance of argument, interpretation or discourse.

The work examined is outstanding and demonstrates comprehensive knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to the Level of the qualification. There is also excellent evidence showing that all the learning outcomes and responsibilities appropriate to that level are fully satisfied. At this level it is expected that the work will be outstanding in the majority of the categories cited above or by demonstrating particularly compelling evaluation and elegance of argument, interpretation or discourse.

The work examined is excellent and is evidence of comprehensive knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to the Level of the qualification. There is also  excellent evidence showing that all the learning outcomes and responsibilities appropriate to that level are satisfied At this level it is expected that the work will be excellent in the majority of the categories cited above or by demonstrating particularly compelling evaluation and elegance of argument, interpretation or discourse.