Portfolio guideline

- Preconceptions
- Facts ( state incidents that occurred)
- Feelings ( experience) did it reinforce / change / no change -> how
have you changed and developed?
- How It changed me in viewing the future
emester ! - "hat have #ou achieved$ how have #our academic s%ills
developed& 'se appropriate literature to support #our writing( ) references are
expected to demonstrate application of theor#(
*heories +
,ma-ile and %ramers
"illiam perr#s scheme on intellectual and ethical development
.harms motivational theor#
,cademic s%ills +
Essay writing
Scientific report writing
Managing dissertations
Giving presentations
Time management and prioritising
Critical reading and note making
Revision strategies and exam techniques
Citation referencing and avoiding plagiarism
I have achieved athletics$ good sss results$ good en/#me practical report results
How&
- et clear goals and o-0ectives I wanted to achieve for semester ! at the
end of semester 1
- 2earn from failure learn from mista%es I made in semester 1 such as
leaving formative practical reports near to the deadline and therefore
wasn3t reall# prepared for the summative one(
- Improved in referencing$ writing lecture notes$ time management$
gathering information and using the li-rar#$ giving presentations (how to
prepare and give a tal% with tr#ing to avoid nerves)$ revising for and ta%ing
exams ( e4ective revision techni5ues that minimises stress)
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6ultimodal mainl# 7inesthetic (18)$ aural (18) and slightl# visual (9) $
read/write (9)
I found out that I am a multimodal learner( I saw that some of m# other peers in
m# P:2 group were also using similar learning st#les to me$ so I decided to
research it -# reading a few -oo%s( Following m# research I found out that this is
common and that *,*I*I. is 5uite common across medical students( From
previous experience$ for example$ as I was stud#ing for m# , level exams I
realised I learn well -# ta%ing notes from text -oo%s and re-writing facts(
;venthough$ it is a tedious and di<cult method it reall# helped me to succeed in
m# =nal exams and ena-led me to achieve ,::(
"hen I came to ';, I was sha%en as I didn3t %now if m# learning st#le is
appropriate for P:2 -ased learning( as the wee%s went -# I started to reall# en0o#
P:2 as it ena-led me to learn using man# of the di4erent %inaesthetic st#les( For
example$ I was a-le to learn from 5ui//es$ presentations and other interactive
wa#s( It also facilitated new things I was %een in wanting to learn -# o-serving
m# peers and their learning st#les( I then =nall# discovered that P:2 does =t in
well with the t#pe of learner I am(
I still -elieve there is so much more to learn as I compare m#self with m# peers( I
would li%e to use other methods in order to present m# wor% as this will help >
Citations from handbook
"hat do I want to achieve&
1) *imeta-le a safet# margin to complete tas%s ahead of time in case of
accidents(
!) 7now how to use the li-rar# to =nd 0ournal articles(
?) *a%e a leadership role when appropriate(
@) et out the arguments in a logical order
)) .onstruct an evaluative argument
"hat actions will I ta%e and how long will it ta%e me& 'se 6,A* targets
1) I will ma%e sure I timeta-le a safet# margin for all m# upcoming tas%s -#
the end of semester 1 as this will prevent issues when re5uired to
su-mit a tas% within a deadline( It is good to -e prepared for an#
accidents which ma# occur( I will %now I have accomplished it if I have a
margin in m# diar# next to the %e# su-mission dates for the whole of
semester 1(
2) I will learn how to use the li-rar# to =nd 0ournal articles -# as%ing the
li-rarians at the help des%( 6# aim is to accomplish this -# next wee%(
*his will -e ver# useful when doing m# -iolog# assignments and
chemistr# reports$ which re5uire evidence from investigations( I will -e
satis=ed %nowing that I have accomplished this target when I am
con=dent that I can use the li-rar# to =nd di4erent 0ournal articles on
di4erent topics and therefore use it for m# tas%s and therefore use
Harvard referencing s#stem to reference it(
?) I would li%e to -e more con=dent and gain the s%ills re5uired in order to
-e an e4ective leader -# the end of ! wee%s of P:2 sessions( *his will
reall# help me to improve m# self-con=dence and also -e a-le to exceed
as a leader(
@) I would li%e to learn the format used to set out arguments in a logical
order which will -e eas# to read and follow as the arguments will Bow
appropriatel#(
5) I would li%e to improve m# writing s%ills and -e a-le to construct an
evaluative argument -# considering -oth pros and cons of the topic(
I use the printer in the ';, li-rar# to print out m# lectures for introductor#
:iolog#(
:efore doing research on the di4erent functions of printing I was con=dent that I
%new the di4erent wa#s in which #ou can print a document and therefore scored
m#self a
@( Following m# research I found out that there are ! more di4erent wa#s in
which #ou
can print out a document( For example I didn3t %now I could print 0ust selected
parts of the
document and not the whole document( Cow that I %now there3s di4erent wa#s in
printing$
I would li%e to learn a-out the two other techni5ues and -ecome con=dent in
using them when I need to so I decided to change m# score to a ? not @(
AeBection on action
Provide Evidence
- Preconceptions
- Facts ( state incidents that occurred)
- Feelings ( experience) did it reinforce / change / no change -> how
have you changed and developed?
- How It changed me in viewing the future