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Skills and Abilities

Activities for unit 1 Personal and Interpersonal Skills and Abilities

  1. Identifying Skills and Abilities

Activity 1

  1. Below are a list of skills and abilities. Complete an audit of where you are now. Record this in your learning journal/portfolio.

Rate yourself (1=Not very well developed; 3=very well developed)

Skills and Abilities 1 2 3
Self confidence X
Self-discipline X
Team Work X
Act as a Leader X
Listen to others X
Write for academic purposes X
Computing Skills X
Be Creative X
Problem solving X

 

Activity 2

  1. Complete the audit below, using the information from the table above.
Recognition Reflection Action
Skills already developed How I will use these How do I know (evidence)**
Team Work During team work I respect everyone’s views and make sure everyone is heard.
Act as a Leader I will act well as a leader as I am good at delegating tasks and making sure that everyone is heard and has had an input.
Listen to others I listen to others in lectures, workshops and group tasks as you can learn from one another and get different viewpoints.

 

Problem solving When it comes to problem solving I am good at thinking on my feet and coming to a quick solution.

 

Recognition Reflection Action
Skills to be developed How I will develop these How do I know (evidence) **
Self Confidence I will develop my self-confidence by trying to believe in myself more and the work I do.
Self-discipline

(Organise and plan)

I am going to try and have more discipline in getting tasks done and becoming motivated to do work. I will do this by becoming more organised and make plans/schedule for when I am going to have things done by.
Debate formally and informally I will develop my debating skills by having more confidence in myself so that I can hold a strong argument.
Build social networks I can build social networks through the platform glow and respond to another person’s work.
Think critically I can improve my critical thinking by
Be Creative/Generate new ideas I can generate new ideas by looking online on social media for inspiration in order to come up with fun new ideas which are creative. This will also help me with my creativity as I struggle with being creative.
Computing Skills I can improve these by getting to know the new software better. As I have trouble with how to find things on blackboard and glow. The more I do on these sites the easier it is becoming.
Writing for Academic Purposes I will improve my work which I am given by looking over it, editing, making sure it is grammatically correct as these are things which I struggle with.

** This section should be completed as you identify when/where/how you have used/developed these skills.