Course: Communicative Skills of Social Workers

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Course title Communicative Skills of Social Workers
Course code KPG/KKDSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + On-line Activities
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kantorová Jana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Jůvová Alena, PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Communication as exchange values. Effective and non-ffective communication. Perceptions of the importance of social intercourse. Communication bariers. Errors and shortcomings in the perception of people. Communication in the workplace. Assertive.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
When finishing this subject students should be able to list the most important principles and rules that contribute to efficient communication and high-quality interpersonal relationships, to find and remedy faults, mistakes and barriers existing in social communication and in assessing people. They also should be able to concretize the most important principles for successful communication at work, to improve their treatment of people, to set their own aims for improvement and to make use of basic assertive techniques in a practical way.
Preparing to work in a helping profession, the development and cultivation of communicative skills, training, empathic communication.
Prerequisites
Study and personal skills for study and work in the helping professions.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

Fulfilment of individual theoretical and practical tasks, independent creative activity.
Recommended literature
  • Bednaříková, I. (2006). Sociální komunikace. Olomouc: UP.
  • HAVLOVÁ, I., MĚCHUROVÁ, A., ŠTEMBERGOVÁ, Š. (1991). Kapitoly z rétoriky.. Praha: UK.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. (1988). Jak si navzájem lépe porozumíme. Praha.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. (1995). Tajemství úspěšného jednání. Praha.


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