Course: Interpersonal Skills Training

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Course title Interpersonal Skills Training
Course code KPS/VSOKO
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bukačová Kerstin, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Prošková Ivana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bouda Antonín, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bártová Jaroslava, Mgr.
  • Beňová Jarmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Tarkošová Vladimíra, PhDr.
  • Legler Michal, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Social competency as one of key skills. 2. Principles of social group work. 3. Personal order and its analysis. 4. Techniques focused on deep observation of the others. 5. Social perception in relation to communication skills. 6. Non-verbal communication. 7. Verbal communication. Analysis of message transfer. 8. Active listening training activity. 9. Self-knowledge as one of effective communication conditions. 10. -12. Communication in cooperation. 13. Reflection.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes
  • E-learning (given by an e-learning course) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Describe elementary socio-psychological phenomena.
Characterize individual types of social behavior: aggression, manipulation, passivity, assertiveness.
Define a social group.
Explain the processes of group dynamics.
Skills
Recognize individual styles of social behavior: aggression, manipulation, passivity, assertiveness.
Evaluate types of social behavior in individual interactions.
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
Define educational programs based on the principles of social psychological training.
Describe the characteristics of training with a focus on the development of social skills.
Characterize the content components of social skills.
Clarify the history and present of social psychological training.
Skills
Reflect group events after completing the techniques of the training program.
Reflect your own behavior after completing the techniques of the training program.
Implement the acquired experience within the techniques of the training program into personal and professional life.
List the possibilities of using social psychological training in own field of study.
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar classes
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
Skills
Seminar classes
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
Competences
Seminar classes
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • BELZ, H., SIEGRIST, M. Klíčové kompetence a jejich rozvíjení : východiska, metody, cvičení a hry. Praha : Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-479-6.
  • Gillernová, Ilona; Krejčová, Lenka. Sociální dovednosti ve škole. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3472-9.
  • HERMOCHOVÁ, S. Hry pro dospělé. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2004. ISBN 80-247-0817-5.
  • HERMOCHOVÁ, S. Sociálně psychologický výcvik II.. Praha, UK 1988, 1999.
  • HERMOCHOVÁ, S. Sociálně psychologický výcvik. Praha: SPN, 1982..
  • Kolařík, Marek. Interakční psychologický výcvik. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-2941-1.
  • KOMÁRKOVÁ, R., SLAMĚNÍK, I., VÝROST, J. et al. Aplikovaná sociální psychologie III (Sociálně psychologický výcvik). Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-247-0180-4.


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