Employability, Professional Development
Employability, Professional Development
Date for Submission: Please refer to the timetable on ilearn
The submission portal on ilearn will close at 13.59 UK time on the date of submission
Assessor: Robert Manderson
Assignment Brief As part of the formal assessment for the Bachelor of Science you are required to submit two Employability, Professional Development & Study Skills assignments. This is the second assignment and is worth 25% of the module’s assessment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Maximum Word Count: 2000 words
Please note that exceeding the word count is likely to result in a reduction in grade
You are required show the word count on the front page. You will be penalised if you are significantly over this limit
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this assignment learners will be able to:
- Explain the use and application of supportive communication skills and relate this to appropriate theory
- Demonstrate an understanding of different learning styles and how their own personal style may impact upon others
Page 2 of 7 ARIO – CASE STUDY: YOUR STUDY SKILLS
Using your own experiences, and reflections on these, as a communicator and learner, consider the following:
- How you communicate orally and in writing in various contexts
- How you learn and your personal learning style in various contexts
The theories and concepts underpinning these are set out in the learning materials of iLearn and represent the areas that you need to address for this coursework assignment, by focussing on tasks 1 & 2. As well as referencing the relevant theories and concepts for each task, the majority of the work you do for each task will be based around reflections on your communication skills and personal learning style in various employment and study contexts.
N.B. Contact your tutor, Robert Manderson (rmanderson@arden.ac.uk), to discuss your communication and learning contexts.
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Assignment Tasks
Using the learning materials provided in iLearn, reading materials from authoritative sources (e.g. EBSCO, Google Scholar), information concerning your communication skills and personal learning style based on your experiences and reflections on these, you are required to answer the following assignment tasks (1 & 2) and their respective component parts (a, b, etc.):
- This task concerns communication skills (1000 words).
- Summarise the principal concepts and theories of communication including making oral and written presentations, conducting interviews and conducting meetings.
- Reflecting on your own personal communication experiences involving presentations, interviews and meetings, describe how your actual communications compared to the concepts ad theories. Highlight any differences between the theories and your current practice.
- Discuss whether you have learned anything new from the various concepts and theories that could be used to your advantage in future communications of the various forms specified above.
(50 marks)
- This task concerns learning styles (1000 words).
- Summarise the principal concepts, theories and models of learning and learning styles.
- Reflecting on your own personal learning style, describe how your learning style compares to the concepts, theories and models of learning. Highlight any differences between the models and your current practice.
- Discuss whether you have learned anything new from the various concepts, theories and models of learning that could be used to your advantage in your future learning.
(50 marks)
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Guidance
- This is an individual piece of work.
- Maximum word count is 2000 words not including references, tables.
Please note that exceeding the word count is likely to result in a reduction in grade
- Referencing should be in the Arden University (AU) Harvard format
- To produce this assignment will require reading wider than just the course material that has been provided. The course material provides a basis for your study of Employability, Professional Development & Study Skills which needs to be supplemented by further reading.
If you are re-sitting this assessment for the first time, you may re-work your original submission if you wish. However, if this is your third attempt at this assessment, you must submit a piece of work which is substantially different from your first two attempts
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