Situated Personal Development Planning

In the UK, institutional strategies regarding Personal Development Planning (PDP) are based on two main approaches: 1) legitimising local practices, with an emphasis on PDP process, and 2) central approaches, often IT based, focused on meeting threshold requirements (Ward et al., 2006). This paper r...

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Autores principales: Peter Hughes, Neil Currant, Jackie Haigh, Carol Higgison, Ruth Whitfield
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Publicado: Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) 2010
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:775489a7e30f49f49452b3ea160457a72021-11-29T14:04:38ZSituated Personal Development Planning10.47408/jldhe.v0i0.1181759-667Xhttps://doaj.org/article/775489a7e30f49f49452b3ea160457a72010-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://repl.gianfj.com/index.php/jldhe/article/view/118https://doaj.org/toc/1759-667XIn the UK, institutional strategies regarding Personal Development Planning (PDP) are based on two main approaches: 1) legitimising local practices, with an emphasis on PDP process, and 2) central approaches, often IT based, focused on meeting threshold requirements (Ward et al., 2006). This paper reports on the nature and purposes of situated PDP practices that have evolved in four academic programmes of study within a UK university that took the first approach. The study examines the sorts of local PDP practices that have developed within such an institutional framework; how they have come about and what they say about the role and nature of PDP. Using an ethnographic approach, supplemented by staff interviews and document analysis, the four case studies illustrate how an enabling institutional framework has afforded academic course teams the spaces to develop implicit and explicit PDP practices. In two cases a formal and explicit programme-deep model of PDP through e-Portfolio has been developed. In the others, there are implicit, but strong PDP practices evident although they are not necessarily claimed as PDP. The four case studies are not readily categorised but they do exhibit hybrid characteristics of the ââ¬Ëprofessionalââ¬â¢, ââ¬Ëemploymentââ¬â¢ and ââ¬Ëacademicââ¬â¢ domains (Clegg and Bradley, 2006). In conclusion, it will be argued that the diverse and situated nature of PDP practices that have emerged in different contexts need not be seen as institutionally troublesome. These four cases present authentic pictures of what PDP has become, even if it isnââ¬â¢t called PDP.Peter HughesNeil CurrantJackie HaighCarol HiggisonRuth WhitfieldAssociation for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)articlePDPe-Portfolioacademic practicecurriculumsocial practicesTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning Development in Higher Education (2010)
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topic PDP
e-Portfolio
academic practice
curriculum
social practices
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
spellingShingle PDP
e-Portfolio
academic practice
curriculum
social practices
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
Peter Hughes
Neil Currant
Jackie Haigh
Carol Higgison
Ruth Whitfield
Situated Personal Development Planning
description In the UK, institutional strategies regarding Personal Development Planning (PDP) are based on two main approaches: 1) legitimising local practices, with an emphasis on PDP process, and 2) central approaches, often IT based, focused on meeting threshold requirements (Ward et al., 2006). This paper reports on the nature and purposes of situated PDP practices that have evolved in four academic programmes of study within a UK university that took the first approach. The study examines the sorts of local PDP practices that have developed within such an institutional framework; how they have come about and what they say about the role and nature of PDP. Using an ethnographic approach, supplemented by staff interviews and document analysis, the four case studies illustrate how an enabling institutional framework has afforded academic course teams the spaces to develop implicit and explicit PDP practices. In two cases a formal and explicit programme-deep model of PDP through e-Portfolio has been developed. In the others, there are implicit, but strong PDP practices evident although they are not necessarily claimed as PDP. The four case studies are not readily categorised but they do exhibit hybrid characteristics of the ââ¬Ëprofessionalââ¬â¢, ââ¬Ëemploymentââ¬â¢ and ââ¬Ëacademicââ¬â¢ domains (Clegg and Bradley, 2006). In conclusion, it will be argued that the diverse and situated nature of PDP practices that have emerged in different contexts need not be seen as institutionally troublesome. These four cases present authentic pictures of what PDP has become, even if it isnââ¬â¢t called PDP.
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