PSYC20041 - Group Facilitation Skills

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will develop professional skills, knowledge, and competencies to successfully facilitate groups. You will learn how to plan, deliver, and evaluate group programs suitable for adults. You will learn ethical and inclusive approaches to group facilitation. These foundational skills in group facilitation will support the creation of well-structured group environments which foster adult learning.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 40%
2. Practical Assessment 40%
3. Reflective Practice Assignment 20%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 83.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 40% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
Discussing examples of great facilitators to unpack what they do well and what could be improved would be a helpful addition to the unit material.
Recommendation
The Unit Coordinator will identify skilled group facilitators with videos of their work to use as a basis for discussion.
Action Taken
Suitable videos could not be sourced, so instead the Unit Coordinator ran two example groups with students as participants as the basis for discussion of strengths and areas for improvement in facilitation
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Connecting with other students through the assessments was really enjoyable and beneficial.
Recommendation
The Unit Coordinator will continue to create assessment and workshop experiences where students can connect with each other.
Action Taken
The Unit Coordinator provided assessment and workshop experiences where students connected with each other.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
A student requested clearer instructions on the relationship between assessments 1 and 2.
Recommendation
The Unit Coordinator will add a flow diagram in the Unit Assessment Guide showing the relationship between each assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Discussion with students in Workshop 4
Feedback
It would be beneficial to include content on how to end a group in ways that both keep the agreed time commitment and which allow for exploration and contingencies arising during the group facilitation.
Recommendation
The Unit Coordinator will add a short video outlining how to end a group in a timely manner that also allows for exploration and unexpected events during the group itself.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit coordinator's observations.
Feedback
In Assessment 2, students complete a feedback evaluation form on a group run by another student. The comments in these forms are not always supportive or helpful and students may benefit from some guidance on how to give feedback to others.
Recommendation
The Unit Coordinator will add a short video outlining how to give constructive feedback to others in evaluation forms.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Design a group program
  2. Deliver a group program
  3. Evaluate group program design and delivery.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment • •
2 - Practical Assessment • •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Knowledge • •
2 - Communication • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • •
4 - Research •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Practical Assessment • • •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment • • •