Entry requirements
Admission through selection procedure, criteria:
Dutch speaking master’s students Psychology
Have taken the Interpersonal Professional Skills course (IBV) 2nd year BSc Psychology at Leiden University or an equivalent course elsewhere.
Precedence will be given to students who can continue to give the IPS (IBV) training from February- June 2022.
ATTENTION: Tuesday August 31st 15-17 hours, we kindly invite you to come to an online extensive information session about TCCS: https://smart.newrow.com/#/room/psq-896 (subscription not required).
Description
This is a trainers course aimed at developing teaching skills for communication and social skills-training from a psychological perspective. The course, taught once a year, is a combination of theory, training and real-life practice and requires personal involvement of the student. In the training, on a task level, students practice core perceptual- and behavioural skills necessary to create an optimal learning climate. They learn how to work with exercises that enable trainees to acquire knowledge about the role of personal and contextual influences in communication. They also learn to apply educational principles, how to custom-design a course and how to build an appropriate training design with a particular purpose. Parallel to this task level, the student is working on his or her goals for personal and professional development. Identifying personal talent, awareness of dysfunctional patterns, leadership style, and recognizing ones own reactive behaviour, are part of this personal trajectory within the course. From the beginning of November till the end of January, there is full-time education on Mondays and Fridays, with integrative exercises in between. The course is thus intensive in terms of personal involvement and time. It is aimed at Master’s students who are willing and able to critically reflect on one’s own and other’s behaviour. It is suited for those who want to explore the vocation to professional trainership.
In the second semester (February-June), selected students are given the opportunity to train 2nd year Bachelor’s students on Interpersonal Professional Skills (Interpersoonlijke Beroepsvaardigheden), which may constitute an internship for Master’s trajectories (10 EC).
Course objectives
Students are able to apply theory to training design.
Students have the skills to train other people in personal development and interpersonal professional skills.
Students have insight in their own knowledge and skills in personal and professional development.
Timetable
For the timetable of this course please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
NOTE As of the academic year 2021-2022, you must register for all courses in uSis.
You do this twice a year: once for the courses you want to take in semester 1 and once for the courses you want to take in semester 2.
Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from early August. Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from December. The exact date on which the registration starts will be published on the website of the Student Service Center (SSC)
By registering for a course you are also automatically registered for the Brightspace module. Anyone who is not registered for a course therefore does not have access to the Brightspace module and cannot participate in the first sit of the exam of that course.
Also read the complete registration procedure
Mode of instruction
The course consists of 9 3-hour plenary sessions and 16 3-hour work group sessions. Students will practice skills and techniques three times in role-taking as trainer/teacher. Weekly integrative and reflective homework exercises. Weekly project group work (8 2-hour work group sessions).
Assessment method
Next to two theory tests (30%), 5 areas will be considered for assessment (70%): Training skills, insight, learning capacity, motivation and work attitude and meta cognition as shown in a portfolio. The theory test on the Remmerwaal book with a grade < 5 needs to be resitted, a grade 5.0-5.49 can optionally be resitted. The theory test on the Oomkes book will be provided with feedback. A grade on this test < 5 needs to be resitted, a grade 5.0-5.49 can optionally be resitted. On this resit a maximum of 6 can be obtained. For the 5 practical skill assessed, feedback will be provided all during the course.
The Institute of Psychology follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of this fraud policy.
Reading list
Remmerswaal, J. (2013). Handboek Groepsdynamica. 11de herziene druk (eerdere versies zijn niet bruikbaar). This book can be borrowed from the University.
Oomkes F. (2001 or 2004). Training als Beroep, deel 1 Trainingstheorie. Sociale en interculturele vaardigheid. This book is no longer for sale (only second-hand), but can be borrowed from the University.
Contact information
C.J.M. Verhoeven verhoeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl