Introduction to PDP Session 1

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Introduction to PDPSession 1

• To introduce you to the process of Personal
  Development Planning and portfolio building.
• To enable you to access the on-line PDP resource.

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Aspirations and GoalsSession 1

• To enable you to find out about each other.
• To support you to develop reflective thinking
  techniques.
• To identify what your aspirations and goals are.

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Activity session 1

• Working with a neighbour, find out who they are,
  where they are from, family, hobbies, interests
  etc.
• Where do they see themselves in 1, 5 and 10 years
  time?
• Write the information down, and be prepared to
  introduce your neighbour to the group!

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Transferable SkillsSession 2

• To identify the skills you already have.
• To develop an understanding of the range of
  transferable skills and how they can be used.

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Activity session 2

• Write your own name in the middle of a sheet of
  A4 paper.
• Write a statement about yourself in each of the
  corners (eg, coaches football team, learning to
  play the piano etc)
• ONE OF THE STATEMENTS SHOULD BE FALSE!!!!
• With your own sheet of paper, walk around the
  room introducing yourself to others, and try to
  guess which of the statements is untrue.

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Transferable SkillsSession 2

• To continue to develop awareness of transferable
  skills.
• To identify prior achievement of core skills,
  including IT, Problem Solving, Communication and
  Working with Others.

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Activity session 2

• Working on your own, choose something that you
  do, eg, a family responsibility, a particular
  hobby or interest, or some paid or voluntary
  work.
• List all the things you have to do, to be able to
  do this activity well.

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Work with your neighbour to compare answers-

• Each person should be prepared to add skills to
  each others list as you identify additional
  skills necessary for the task outlined.
• Now work in groups of four, and following
  discussion, build up the skills identified within
  each others task, giving each person a wider
  range of skills which have been agreed by the
  group.

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Group discussion

• Give some examples of what was chosen.
• What skills were required for these tasks?
• Were more skills added to your list?
• Did you add more skills to others lists?
• How did it feel to have others add skills to your
  list that they have identified as necessary to
  undertake the task involved?

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Personality Personal Qualitiessession 3

• To enable you to identify your own personal
  qualities.
• To introduce you to personality tests and
  profiling.

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Interests Motivationssession 4

• To find out what interests you and motivates you.
• To enable you to think critically about what
  motivates you.
• To support you to consider why you were
  interested in doing the college course you are
  on, and what you expect to get out of it.

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Activity session 4

• Working in small groups, discuss what the reasons
  were for you to enrol on your college course.
• List your comments under two heading-
• INTERESTS MOTIVATIONS
  

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Interests Motivationssession 4

• To continue to develop an understanding of your
  own Interests and Motivations.

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Activity session 4

• Working on your own, write down a key moment or
  event that transformed your life.
• Describe how this event has influenced your
  decisions and affected the direction you have
  taken in life.

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Learning Stylessession 5

• To enable you to identify how you learn.
• To look at different learning styles.
• To apply different learning styles to support
  your studies.

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Activity session 5

• Working on your own, describe a positive learning
  experience.
• What was the situation like?
• What did you learn?
• What made the learning enjoyable?
• Who else was there?
• Describe the people that were there and the
  difference they made to you.
• Was it easy or hard to learn?

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Activity - session 5

• Now describe a negative learning experience.
• What was the situation like?
• What did you learn?
• What didnt you like about learning experience?
• Who else was there?
• Describe the people around you and the difference
  they made to you.
• Was it easy or hard to learn?

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Learning Stylessession 5

• To complete the learning styles questionnaire.
• To identify your own preferred learning styles.

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Activity session 5

• Complete the on-line VARK questionnaire
• www.vark-learn.com
• Discuss the results of the questionnaire.
• In-put the details and results of the VARK
  questionnaire into the Learning Styles template.

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Learning Stylessession 5

• To understand how your learning styles can impact
  on how you learn.
• To identify what learning styles works well.

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Summary session 6

• To develop problem solving skills.
• To enable you to summarise your own personal
  development.
• To develop your own personal action plan.

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Activity session 6

• Sitting in a circle, you will be asked to pull a
  situation out of the hat one by one.
• Read out the situation to the rest of the group.
• Describe how you would overcome the difficult
  situation.
• Others in the group should then contribute to the
  discussion.

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Priorities session 6

• To identify your own strengths and weaknesses.
• To enable you to prioritize your learning, career
  and personal commitments.
• To prioritise your action plan and PDP portfolio
  by using the SWOT analysis technique.

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Activity session 6

• Complete the SWOT analysis.
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats

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CV Buildingsession 7

• Update and build on your CV.
• Include your CV in the PDP portfolio.

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PDP completionsession 8

• To enable you to check through your PDP and
  update where appropriate.
• To complete your PDP.
• To save a copy of your PDP.

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Final Sessions 9 and 10

• Finalise PDP
• Review
• Evaluation
• Feedback