Development Plan

Development Plan

This paper will present a comprehensive analysis on how can I develop my skill in learning literacy psychology. The sections mentioned below will be a guide which will show stepwise on developing the skill of literacy psychology.

Reflection on the nature of skill required

My chosen skill development direction

I still remember my mother has told me choosing a job that you I desired to do; and have interests in it is very important. I am always thinking about these words when I think about my future life. I have had the desire to be a person like my father who is my role model and runs his own business very well for a long time (Jasper, 2006). The reason for, this thought is very easy. Because my father is a successful businessman, he can give whatever I want easily and give me a happy family. Just because of this, I want to be a person like him. However, my thought is changing while I am growing up. For sure, I want to have a job related to Literacy Psychology, I have made my vision specially. I make this decision by thinking about my mother's word and combining my desire and interests. To be a Psychologist is my desire; however, I like Literacy Psychology, and I want it to be a part of my whole life. Therefore, to be a Psychologist is my career goal for now and future. In order to reach this goal and make my vision come true, I need to know myself specially and have a clearly awareness, rationality and desire to learn about the skill i.e. Literacy Psychology.

Achieving Literacy Psychology Skills

Like any field of study, literacy psychology needs to be understood from multiple perspectives. In this section of the paper I will draw an intentionally sharp line between two research stances: a reductive one that isolates variables from context to establish generalizable truths, and a holistic one that describes literacy practices in context to understand their complex social, psychological and cultural purposes (Darling-Hammond & McLaughlin, 1995). We agree with literacy and mixed methods scholars who press to move beyond this duality. But the duality serves two purposes here. First, most of the studies done on literacy psychology can be aligned with one or the other stance. Second, the duality helps highlight the strengths and limits of both approaches.

Three notions about literacy psychology have been shifting over the past 40 years: (a) literacy psychology is a singular system cultivated by an elite class; (b) it is a unidirectional cause of economic prosperity; and (c) people are either literate or not. The discussions of literacy psychology proficiency that follow implicate these ideas. Growing knowledge about component-level reading processes provides a practical framework for understanding diverse cognitive strengths and needs of adult learners (Garet, Porter, Desimone, Birman & Yoon, 2001). However, researchers have struggled to demonstrate the effects of component approaches on learning. Their work is hampered by ethical and practical problems related to random assignment, weak interventions ...