Group decision-making training
Course: Social Work
Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology
Title
Group decision-making training
Code
ВБ.12.01
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
LO 4. To formulate their own reasonable judgments based on the analysis of a social problem. LO 19. To identify strengths and to involve the client’s personal resources, resources of social groups and communities to solve their problems and get out of difficult life circumstances. LO 22. To demonstrate the ability to solve problems creatively and to make innovative decisions, to think and apply creativity to form fundamentally new ideas.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
to know:
- mechanisms of self-regulation and psychological mood
- categorize social and psychological technologies for solving problem situations;
- modern innovative technologies and methods of social work.
to be able to:
- to master the means of self-regulation of the emotional state;
- behave adequately in difficult situations of interaction with partners.
- determine an individual strategy for effective behavior in difficult life situations
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to develop students' ability to organize and conduct group discussions, interact with group members to achieve a common goal.
The course program provides the creation of conditions for students to gain experience in interpersonal interaction in a group, organize a group discussion process to identify common tasks and goals, help in solving current problems of the group, resolving contradictions and contradictions. Much attention is paid to expanding the behavioral repertoire of students through practical interaction, role-playing, and analysis of specific situations.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Brett М. Cooper, Using DISC to make better work decisions, 2020
2. Dolgoff R., Harrington D., Loewenberg F. M. Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice, 9th Edition, Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, 2020. - 336 p.
3. Govella A. Design thinking as a decision-making process, 2020
4. Normand W. Edmund, Decision Making: A Guide to Creative Decision Making & Critical Thinking (SM-14). - 2004. - C. 46. - Режим доступу: http://decisionmaking.org/ decisionmakingbooklet.pdf.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
practical classes, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Creative and reproductive tasks for individual work - up to 15 points for each
Work in pairs - up to 20 points
Based on the results of work during the semester, the student receives a final grade according to a 100-point system, which is calculated as the accumulated grades for the modules during the semester.
At the same time, the number of points:
- 1-34 "unsatisfactory" with mandatory re-study of the discipline;
- 35-59 "unsatisfactory" with the possibility of retaking the course;
- 60-64 "satisfactory" ("sufficient");
- 65-74 "satisfactory";
- 75 - 84 "good";
- 85-90 "good" ("very good");
- 91-100 "excellent"
To obtain an overall positive grade in the discipline, the grade for two modules cannot be less than 24 points.
A student is not allowed to take the final exam if he or she scored less than 36 points during the semester.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
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