Task 01

1.1: Key influences on the personal process of an individual

Learning is the continuous process of acquiring knowledge or skill through practice, systematic
study, experience which causes permanent changes in behavior. For this reason it is said that
learnings changes peoples. Usually peoples learn using different ways taken from surroundings.
This process of learning has been influenced by lots of factors. Those are:
Specific learning needs: Specific needs of a people determine the process of learning most
often. If needs become so customized or extensive the process become more rare and
sophisticated. If anyone desired to learn economics, he must attend in school of economics or
business administration.
Formal vs Informal learning: Formal leaning means involving in a process of learnings
pursuing a formal structure within a structured scope. On the other hand informal learning refers
gathering knowledge from experience, not going any formal institutions. Peoples gather
knowledge from both of these two sources.
Time: Time can change the whole structure of the learning process. Because of this factor, people
admits a child in a school where the child can learn with fun. The child is not admitted in grade 5
or 6 at the very beginning. Gradually by the change of time the child become eligible to admit in
grade 5 or 6.
Learning environment: Classroom is a structured and organized place; and because of this all
sort of academic knowledge are taught inside the classroom. Sophisticated theories, complicated
mathematics are need to be taught in calm and steady environment. While study related to
culture need to be taught by showing movies, documentaries, short-films etc.
Previous experience: Peoples having past experience or previous learning in a specific area are
being admitted in intermediary level not in elementary level, if they want to gather more
knowledge is similar field. That clearly shows us based on past experience peoples are treated
differently.

1.2 Theories of Honey & Mumford

Honey and Mumford identified four different styles following which a person generally learn
something. They claimed that people learns following only one or two of these four ways.
Learning

How they learn

Styles
Activists

They learn by doing at own hand. They prefer to involve in new discovery.

Reflectors

They are the people who thinks after the job is done
Usually they learn by observing and thinking about the concept rather doing at
first. Before reaching to a conclusion they prefer to think from all possible

Theorists
Pragmatists

dimensions.
Theorists prefer to know the idea and concept and model behind any action.
Pragmatists always search for new ideas which can be used to solve the
problem.

1.3 Theories of Kolb

David A Kolb also gives a theory stating the styles of learning which has four stages as well. It is
also known as Kolbs experimental learning cycle.
Stages
Concrete Experience

Description
The process begins with doing something. Learning starts with active
involvement with the task. To learn effective one must have to do

Reflective

actively something.
In this stage, one reviews what has done already. Lot of questions are

Observation
Abstract

asked in this stage.

In this stage the concept is started to interpret. Interrelationship

Conceptualization
Active

between the ideas started to become clear.

In the final stages, learner tries to implement or interpret into action

Experimentation

what have actually learnt. Theories are being translated into practices
in this stage.

Comments
I agree with these two theories. People have different psychology and thus have different
learning styles. So teachers can adopt this strategy to teach in the class. In a class room students
having different psychology come to learn. So applying this strategy over the students will give a
better result.

Task 02
The impact of key influences in my own learning process
In fact I have gathered my knowledge from past experiences largely. With the course of time I
have learnt my weakness as well as my strength. So to make myself stronger, I gradually
rectified my weakness which made more competent and stronger. I have also face some obstacles
which reduced my motivation on my way sometimes. Usually I concentrate on single topics each
time. I cannot be involve in multiple arena at a time. This makes me less skilled in other arena,
limiting myself just only one topic. But it makes me specialize on this focused area. I usually
tries to conduct structural learning. It leads me to follow formal learning with any academic
institutions. Due to following a structural guidelines, I know shortcut effective ways to memorize
or learn within a shortest possible time. At present now I do not make myself confined to only
formal learning. Very often I go for outing to gather informal knowledge in the form of
experiences. This unadulterated combination of learning makes scope of knowledge wider.
I always prefers to be updated. In this regard I am being helped significantly from the
Information technology. I use Internet to gather latest update of my interest. It is a blessing of
modern sciences that we now have easy access to internet only sitting on my couch. These easy
accessible online resources make my journey to knowledge smoother. Online article, blog report,
electronic books, documentary videos make my store of knowledge enriched. But the merely
having access over online information will not provide me an upper hand. I need to have
physical and financial support to gain access physical resources. Some information are not found
in online media, rather merely accessible through tangible medium.

Task 03
Spider diagram showing knowledge, skills, practice, values, beliefs and career aspirations
As I have mentioned earlier that I have taken health care course, I have enriched myself with the
information of this related sectors. I worked hard to gain knowledge in order to benefit myself in
the long run. In the very starting, I gather basic concept about health and social care like
identifying basic disease and its symptoms, causes, medicine, functioning of the diseases etc.
With this gradual learning process I have learned many extensive theories in health and social
care settings and my skill has become strengthen.

As we know that merely bookish knowledge can never be fruitful in real world scenario. I have
involved myself in practicing. Practicing is most important for the students of social and health
care settings. One cannot be expert in this field without having real life experiences or
experience of practicing regardless of his or her theoretical knowledge. So I have started
practicing in small scale at the very beginning. Then I took help from internet browsing, reading
research papers and books. In those time I have continued my practice alongside my thirst of
knowledge. Gradually confidence in deep down inside has started to grow up. I had strong belief
that this hard working will lead me to my ultimate objectives. No soul is perfect. I am not also
free from flaw and limitation. During this long journey I have identified my weakness and trying
to overcome these weakness as soon as possible.

Task 04
P 3: Personal and Development plan:
Personally I have set two ultimate objective for near future. I hope and feel confident deep down
inside, I will be able to achieve these two objectives
Plan 1: Publishing a research paper on most epidemic non curable disease in 2016. I will
conduct this research paper with the collaboration of one of the associate professor from a
reputed university.

Plan 2: Engaging myself in social works to enrich experiences and to serve people at the time
natural disasters within the county in 2016

P 4: Review of progress against plan

Date
17/01/201

Activity
Deadline
I will look for the most non curable disease in 2016 through 31/12/201

internet, personal interaction with specialists and experts, statistics 6

from health department in first two months. In the next period I
will gather all the research works have been done and select a topic
for me to submit the research paper. In the last seven month I will

24/01/201

do the actual research.

I will make an agreement to work with them for the victim of 31/12/201

natural disasters

P 5: Evidence of own progress

Date of
Review
30/06/2016

24/12/2016

Progress
I have identified most non curable

Final
Review
31/12/2016

Progress

diseases in 2016 is Ebola virus. I have

I have published a

collected almost 350 research paper

research paper. Topic of

about this topic. Now I will looking for

the report was Ebola

any untapped segments in existing

Virus: A journey to

research paper. I will do my research

Vaccination.

paper on this untapped segments.

I have

31/12/2016