Personal Development Planning

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Personal Development Planning
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Objectives

• At the end of this session you should
• Know what PDP is
• Understand the importance of PDP
• Know some of the problems in trying to implement
  a PDP system

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What is PDP?

• PDP is about planning, doing, recording,
  reviewing and evaluating (Jackson 2001)
• PDP helps you develop competencies
• Flexibility
• Self motivation
• Communication
• Team work
• Organisation and time management
• Mental and physical resilience
• Leadership qualities

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Pettys Self-Directed Learning Cycle
Self-evaluation (where am
I now?)
Action (implement/monitor)
Goal-getting (where do I want to be?)
Action Plan (how to get there)
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Lifelong Learning
Personal Development Planning
Continued Professional Development
Record of Achievement
Recording are there any problems?
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Implementation

• Recommendation 20 of the Dearing Report urged
  that
• institutions of higher education, over the
  medium term, develop a Progress File. The File
  should consist of two elements a transcript
  recording student achievement which should follow
  a common format devised by institutions
  collectively through their representative bodies
  a means by which students can monitor, build and
  reflect upon their personal development.
  (NCIHE/Dearing, 1997)

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Progress Files

• In the joint QAA, SCoP, Universities UK and
  CoSHEP documentation the Personal Development
  Planning aspect of Progress File is defined as a
  structured and supported process undertaken by an
  individual to reflect upon their own learning,
  performance and / or achievement and to plan for
  their personal, educational and career
  development (QAA, 2001a)
• Can enhance
• Key skills
• Employability
• Lifelong learning
• Student centred learning
• Approach to learning

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What should the Progress File contain?

• A file for records
• A student handbook containing
• Advice on PDP and how to complete record sheets
• A matrix of skills and qualities mapped against
  degree classifications
• Detailed level descriptors for the skills and
  qualities
• Record sheets for
• each module,
• each personal tutor meeting,
• prior experience,
• student union activity,
• work experience and
• other learning experiences.

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Group task

• Work together to come up with a programme for PDP
  for AITDS based upon what you know and what is in
  previous slides
• How could Pebblepad be used in this programme?

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References

• Jackson, N. (2001) Personal Development Planning.
  What does it mean? LTSN
• National Committee of Inquiry into Higher
  Education. 1997. Higher Education in the Learning
  Society (the Dearing Report). London HMSO
• QAA. 2001a. Documents available at
  http//www.qaa.ac.uk/crntwork/progfileHE/contents.
  htm
• Peters, J. (unknown) Implementing Progress File
  Skills, PDP and recording achievement.
  University College Worcester, Learning and
  Teaching Centre http//www.worc.ac.uk/LTMain/NQFPr
  oject/Website/Resources/ImplementingPF.doc Last
  accessed 25th Sept 2007