PDP : UWIC PERSPECTIVE

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PDP UWIC PERSPECTIVE

• Nicola Poole

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PDP What is it?

• PDP is a means by which students can monitor,
  build and reflect upon their personal development
• (Dearing,1997)
• National Guidelines define it as
• a structured and supported process undertaken by
  an individual to reflect on their own learning,
  performance and achievement and to plan for their
  personal, educational and career development

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Purpose

• Help student development
• Help students recognise and then shape their
  perceptions of their abilities and progress
• How?
• Students become effective, independent, confident
  self directed learners
• Improve skills for study and career development
• Help them understand how they are learning and
  use it in a wider context
• Articulate personal goals and evaluate progress
  towards their achievement

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• Jackson (2001), describes the activities involved
  in PDP
• Demonstrate responsible attitude to
  career/personal/educational development
• Identify what needs to be done to improve
• Recognise opportunities for new learning
• Create strategy for self-improvement / change
• Manage time/competing demands
• Monitor and reviewprogress towards goals
• Change the strategy if it isnt working
• Justify and account for personal strategies

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Retention Issues

• The amount of tutor student contact time that
  occurs
• Dissatisfaction with potential career prospects
• Tracking of progress
• Early identification of skill deficiencies

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• PDP will allow for more structured tutorial
  review sessions
• PDP allows students to take more responsibility
  for their learning
• PDP provides employers/research groups etc
  evidence that new graduates are
• Team oriented, problem solvers, enthusiastic and
  dynamic, scientifically curious, optimistic,
  determined, self reliant/resilient, able to cope
  with pressure

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UWIC Approach

• Allow for local variety in the format of personal
  records across schools and programmes
• There is nothing new about the basic activities
  of PDP, it is central to effective student
  learning
• Many programmes already contain elements of PDP

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BA Social Work Jacqui Lee

• Focus knowledge transfer and integration
  between college and practice based learning
• Objectives Establish maintain and develop
  skills Communication, Basic IT, Study Skills,
  Evaluation and Reflection
• Linked to National Occupational Standards and
  Codes of Practice
• Available to all students
• Assessed

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PDP Framework

• Student Profile
• Agency Profile Agreement
• Practice Learning Opportunities Supervision
  Contract
• Individual Learning Agreement
• Mid Point Review
• Portfolio of Practice Evidence

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Module Contents

• Provide guidance for the creation of the
  reflective log
• Study Skills
• Portfolio development
• Learning Agreement
• Reflective practice
• Skill identification

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• Assessment
• On the basis of the reflective log of Practice
  Based Learning identify specific areas of
  personal and professional development and your
  learning needs for Level 2
• Marking criteria
• Understanding of personal/professional
  development and its importance in professional
  practice
• Identification of learning needs and appropriate
  methods
• A clear argument and presentation of information

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School of Sport Cassie Wilson

• Sits within Module Research Methods and
  Professional Development
• Aim Introduce students to progress files and
  the recording of their own personal development
• Available to all students
• Assessed on the completeness of the file
• Pass or Fail
• Worth 10 of module

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• Contents of folder
• Personal details form
• Experiences form
• Outdoor Residential Teambuilding Experience self
  evaluation form
• Semester 12 Report Forms (filled in during
  meetings with tutor)
• All assignment feedback forms complete with tutor
  or student feedback

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• Tutor system based
• Allocation of students to tutors by
• Connection with programme
• Connection by sport
• 2 Compulsory meetings per term
• At least fifteen minutes in length
• Forms introduced during research methods /
  professional development module available on
  blackboard -1 lecture and a group meeting prior
  to individual meetings
• Files student driven

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BSc Psychology Paul Sander Jenny Mercer

• Aim to enhance the students academic
  performance, develop professional transferable
  skills and maximise students employability
• Available to all students
• Not assessed
• Developmental throughout the levels

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Process

• Introduced in induction week
• Given PDP Pack
• Regular Planning workshops supported by academic
  advice team based in school
• Students are given activities to complete prior
  to workshops
• Progress reviewed and action plans created at
  regular intervals

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Workshop and Activity Outline

• Academic Behavioural Confidence Scale
• Performance Expectation Scale
• Skills Audit
• Learning Style Questionnaire
• Reflective Questions
• Action Plan
• Time Management Quiz
• Evidencing Skills Matrix