This is a training 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 first part of 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 for 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, mindfulness of dysfunctional patterns, leadership style, and recognizing ones own reactive behavior are part of this personal trajectory within the course.
The course is intensive in terms of personal involvement and time. It is aimed at Master students who possess leadership qualities, willingness and capability for self-reflection and behavioural change. It is suited for those who want to explore the vocation to professional trainership.
In the second semester (winter-spring), selected students are given the opportunity for closely supervised training of 2nd year Bachelor students on Interpersonal Professional Skills (IBV), which may constitute part of an internship for several Masters trajectories (10 ECTS).
Coordinator
Dr. M. Cleiren
Room 2B46
Tel: +31 (0)71 527 3727
E-Mail: cleiren@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Aim(s)
Students will acquire advanced knowledge, insight and skills necessary to design and perform training designs aimed at personal development and interpersonal communication skills.
Literature
Cleiren et al. (2005). Wetenschappelijk Interviewen (Online syllabus).
Remmerswaal, J. (2004). Handboek Groepsdynamica. Een nieuwe inleiding op theorie en praktijk. Soest, Uitgeverij H. Nelissen. (€ 39,80)
Oomkes. (2001 or 2004). Training als Beroep, deel 1 Trainingstheorie. Sociale en interculturele vaardigheid. Meppel/Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Boom. (€ 75,00)
Additional materials (to be provided)
Hand-outs.
Skills-lab: GeVat3 basistraining in Professionele Gespreksvoering (J. Adema, K.van der Zee, P.R. Fokkinga, E.J.A. Bakker)
Skills-lab: Kernkwaliteiten en het kernkwadrant
Examination
Exam
Integrative homework exercises.
Active participation during all meetings. Satisfactory functioning in supervised assignments as well as the practice periods
From January 1, 2006 the Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted the Ephorus system to be used by instructors for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. Please see the Additional Rules and Regulations, section 6.
Requirement(s) for application or advice
BSc (including equivalent of 2nd year course Interpersonal Skills)
Fluent mastery of Dutch Language
Available in semester 2 for selected students
Education method(s)
Seminars, plenary instruction meetings, integrative homework exercises. Students will practice skills and techniques in role-taking as trainer/teacher. Supervision and intervision of a selected group of students during skills-lab training of bachelor students
Enrolment
A limited number of places is available. An informational meeting on the TCCS course with pre-registration for enrollment will be held in August (time and place to be announced). Priority of admission is given to those students who are willing to extend the course into an extended Master internship (teaching IBV during the second semester (january-april 2008).
Enrolment for remaining places (after pre-registration) in this course takes place on Thursday 27th of August.
Blackboard
Information will be available on blackboard.leidenuniv.nl after successful enrolment