The Personal development plan is a structured process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and or achievement and to plan their own personal, educational and career development.
It helps an individual keep track of what they have learned, how they learnt it and what might they do with that learning later on. (QAA, 2012)
My PDP will be based on analyzing my personal goals, my learning style and how to achieve future improvement. My objective is to initiate my own personal and academic development. I will learn about myself and depict which learning style is suitable for my future progress. Throughout my first year in university I will set myself goals to find out what type of learning I could attain knowledge from by trial and error. By doing this I am preparing myself for my second year of studies and also whichever career path I choose afterwards. The main aim for this PDP will be to develop a whole range of skills and intellectual activities that can be transferred to other areas of life. Throughout this account, I will highlight my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and also the threats to my success in the future.
During my first year I have performed well in all of my assignments attaining 60 percent or higher in all subjects. Although I leave things towards the end, I still manage to get things done with passing quality. I have never missed an assignment deadline. I have also done very well in the 2 examinations I have taken during term 1 and 2. In both key skills and Human anatomy and Physiology modules I have achieved higher than 70 percent. We also had to present a presentation within random groups and I think that I performed fairly well in. I have been consistent with my attendance for lectures, practicals and tutorials. One of my strengths is that I am very organized, from color-coding my notes to prioritize what is important and what I don’t understand to