Reflecting On Your Study Progression
In this session the aim was to reflect on my studies from last year, and gather whether my attitude towards this has changed this year. I was presented with a series of questions which I had to answer individually in a sentence based on my reflection.
Topic: "Think back to last year, consider the
whole academic year; your confidence, your attitude to learning, the work
itself"
1. a. How do I
feel now and what has changed?
This
year I feel I am more focused and know what I am doing. I am on top of my work
and am still finding my style.
b.
What would I do differently?
I
could improve my time management through juggling the project work and the
course work as well as the time at my job.
2. a. Think
about my learning progression, my personal and social development: What skills
have I acquired?
I
have greater confidence in the programs I am using to create my work and I also
feel that my communication skills have improved through talking in groups and
sharing ideas.
I
also find more things give me inspiration with in work.
b.
What areas would I like to improve on?
I
would like to improve my theory side of the course as I don't believe I am a
good with essay writing, although my dyslexia doesn’t help me yet this is a big
part of my course.
3. a. Be self
critical; what have I learnt about myself?
I
have learnt that I will only achieve my goals if I stay fully committed, and don't
put anything before my work and although I have the potential I don’t work to
my full potential.
b.
What am I most proud of?
I
am most proud of how my work isn’t just one style right now and im being a
sponge and taking all sorts of things in. I have changed in quality since my
time in school and I like that have learnt about graphics and designers more
since then.
4. a. At the
start of the second year what concerns me?
The
workload was the thing I was most concerned about and balancing the uni work
with my job.
b.
What steps have I taken to overcome this?
I
am overcoming the workload through setting myself targets for each day, on what
work I will have completed and also quitting my job as I wasn’t having time to
do the best of my work abilities.
5. a.
What excites me about the course?
The
biggest thing that excites me about the course at the moment is
the opportunity of doing a placement in the third year, and furthering my
talents and looking at my portfolio I’ve seen that my work for myself and to do
with clients is better then the course projects..
b.
What steps are in place for me to achieve my aims?
I
know that i can always receive help from the university, I also find that with
my main project is to not to stress over little things.
