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Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit

Personal Development Planning (PDP)

Personal Development Planning (PDP)

Embedding PDPacross the curriculum

Embedding PDPacross the curriculum


What is a Progress File?What is a Progress File?

A progress file charts the progress of an individual. The overall concept involves:

•The institutional transcript•Personal record of learning and achievement•Personal development plan


What is PDP?What is PDP?

QAA:

‘structured and supported process undertaken by an individual

• to reflect upon their own learning performance and/or achievement, and

• to plan for their personal, educational and career development.’


PDP and the Progress FilePDP and the Progress File

PersonalDevelopment

Planning

Reflective process to improve own learning

Personal Development

Records

Information owned by student

Transcript

Information owned by the institution

Process for recording learning and achievement, and guidance systems to support PDP

Opportunities for practising PDP within and outside the HE

curriculum

Creative use of information and the skills that underlie PDP by students. Information, skills and behaviours that are valued by academics and employers


The Reflective CycleThe Reflective Cycle

DescriptionWhat happened?

FeelingsWhat were you thinking

and feeling?

EvaluationWhat was good and bad about

the experience?

AnalysisWhat sense can you make

of the situation

ConclusionWhat else could you have

done?

Action PlanIf it arose again what

would you do?

Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing–a Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods,Further Education Unit, Oxford


How does LSBU currently address PDP?How does LSBU currently address PDP?

Personal development publications:•What now? (level 0)•Don’t panic (level 1)•Yourself (level 2)•About your future (level 3)•It’s all yours (level M)

These can be viewed as pdfs on the intranet at www.lsbu.ac.uk/caxton/pdp/index.html


How does LSBU currently address PDP?How does LSBU currently address PDP?

Learning and Development Centre:•Learning for work•Career Management Skills

Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (LTEU)

Learning Information Services (LIS)

Careers and Student Employment Unit (CaSEU)

Widening Participation Unit (Mentor/Ambassador roles)

Courses may already address many aspects of PDP


Strategy for developing PDPStrategy for developing PDP

Since many LSBU awards are vocationally focussed the curricula often already address employability directly or indirectly.

• Map existing syllabus activities• Address gaps• Embed across the curricula


ContactsContacts

Ruth Brown LTEU Ext. [email protected]

Tom Hall LTEU Ext. [email protected]

LTEU Website: www.lsbu.ac.uk/lteuPDP page: select ‘Projects’ then ‘PDP’

Peter Godwin LIS Ext. [email protected]