Personal and Interpersonal Development

Code:

P210

Acronym:

DPI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To allow the students to be part of a developmental group.

To improve awareness about the importance of the development of soft skills along with the development of th hard skills of Psychology.

To develop personal and interpersonal skills which empower the students to a better performance whether as college students or as psychologysts.

To stimulate the life span development of the students.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course unit it is expected that the students:

1. Have participated in a developmental group.
2. Have developed or have become more aware of the importance of the development of personal and interpersonal skills to their lives, whether as studends whether as future psychologists.
3. Have increased their awareness of the importance of  investing in life span development.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

This course unit requires the students to participate actively in the classes so that implies that the students understand portuguese and are capable of speaking portuguese.

Program

1. Presentation of the course unit

2. Development of personal skills
a) Self-knowledge
b) Self-esteem
c) Emotional Self-control
d) Self-caring

3. Development of interpersonal skills
a) Empathy
b) Communication Skills
c) Group work Skills
d) Conflict resolution Skills

4. Group work presentations

5. Final integration about the learnings through the course unit

Mandatory literature

Damásio António R.; O^sentimento de si. ISBN: 972-1-04757-0
Plummer Deborah; Helping adolescents and adults to build self-esteem. ISBN: 978-1-84310-185-7
Serra Adriano Vaz; O^stress na vida de todos os dias. ISBN: 972-95003-2-0
Goleman Daniel; Inteligência emocional. ISBN: 972-759-063-2
Botvin Gilbert J.; Life skills training. ISBN: 0-933665-17-2
Jacinto Jardim; Programa de Desenvolvimento de Competências Pessoais e Sociais: Estudo para a Promoção do Sucesso Académico. , Universidade de Aveiro, 2007
Neves José; Manual de competências pessoais, interpessoais e instrumentais. ISBN: 978-972-618-477-5
Rosário, P., Núñez, J. & Pienda, J. ; Cartas do Gervásio ao seu umbigo. Comprometer-se com o estudar na universidade., Coimbra: Almedina., 2006
Albom, M. ; As Terças com Morrie. , Lisboa: Sinais de Fogo Publicações., 1997

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes of 1h30min.

Each class will constitute a developmental group, in which is required the participation of the students.

The classes are provided in a 3 step structure: to aknowledge, to develop and to integrate the skill.
The first one allows the student to know more about the skill; the second allows the student to improve the skill through reflection and practice exercises and the third allows the student to generalise the learning to his/her life (to personal, interpersonal and professional dimensions).

 

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences
Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Trabalho de investigação	53,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

The student is required to attend the classes (75% at least), to participate in the exercises proposed by the teachers, and to realize the required individual and group activities in order to get approval in the course unit.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final classification (sum of the classifications obtained in each dimension):

1. Attendance and participation in the classes - 30%
           - attendance and ponctuality (these dimensions are valued once the required learnings imply the practical and reflexive experiencing of the continuum of activities in the classes)
           - participative posture, participation in the proposed tasks and in the group discussions, capacity of communication, of listenning to the others and of respecting them.

2. Individual work - 35%

3. Group work - 35%


It is required to fulfill all the dimensions.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.
All the students are evaluated by the three dimensions considered to the final classification.

Classification improvement

Not applicable.