Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Organization

PPK Institute of Psychology

Code

PSYB19-102

Title

Study and Communication Skills

Usual semester

Autumn

Published semester

2025/26/2

ECTS

3

Language

en

Learning outcomes

The course acquaints students with requirements of and the competencies needed to achieve in a higher-education setting. The practical course is based on individual and small-group activities in the field of learning and communication, emphasizing learning and practicing skills. Linking theory, practice and self-reflection is encouraged. The aim of the practicum is to acquaint students with requirements of higher education, help develop competencies and study habits necessary for successful achievements in a higher-education setting through familiarization with basic theories of learning and communication via individual and small-group activities and self-reflection in the field of communication and learning. The aim of the practicum is to acquaint students with requirements of higher education, help develop competencies and study habits necessary for successful achievements in a higher-education setting through familiarization with basic theories of learning and communication via individual and small-group activities and self-reflection in the field of communication and learning. Learning outcome, competences knowledge: Knowing the typical written, oral, scientific, public, and everyday genres of psychology and their systems of rules; Having an overall view of the established procedures of the acquisition of texts and cultural phenomena, and of the contexts of interpretation accepted in the profession; attitude: Being capable of cooperation and solving tasks in teams; Being sensitive to and interested in noticing psychological phenomena and problems; Having effective communication and problem solving skills; Having an ethical and humane behavior in human relationships; Taking responsibility for his/her work, and being aware of the possible consequences of their work; skills: Being able to perceive human behavior distinctly and recognizing situations efficiently; Being able to use modern presentation devices, and can give presentations in various fields of psychology independently; Being initiative, can make decisions independently and in the community;

Course content

Topics of the course: Ice-breaker activities Navigating university computer softwares (Neptun, e-learning, stunnel) Elements of efficient learning: motivation, basic skills, learning strategies Elements of effective learning: personal preferences and information processing, learning style and cycle, mindmap Elements of effective learning: study strategies, time-management, goal-setting and self-direction Communication in the 21st century (Basics of communication; Gender differences in communication; Nonverbal communication; Cultural differences in communication; Mass communication; Scientific communication) Navigation of scholarly literature resources (EISZ, Springer link, etc.) APA style citation and referencing Scientific communication: papers, research papers, posters Assertive communication Types of conflicts and conflict-management (characteristics and phases of conflicts; Styles of conflict resolution) Transaction analytic view of communication Persuasion and reasoning in presentations, presentation styles Learning activities, learning methods Role-play Cooperative group-work Small group-work Discussions Pair-work Debate

Assessment method

Individual progress is monitored via regular hand-ins and a presentation to be prepared and delivered in pair-work.

Bibliography

There is no compulsory literature for this subject

Programmes of the course