PSYC20043 - Coaching Individuals for Positive Change

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will develop practical evidence-based positive psychology coaching skills for working with individual clients on positive behaviour change. Your practical coursework will include fundamental coaching skills for building a positive working alliance using active listening and skilful questioning to identify client goals. You will also learn positive psychology strategies for working with clients to enhance positive emotions, character strengths and hope.

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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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. Practical Assessment 30%
2. Practical Assessment 35%
3. Practical Assessment 35%

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 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 91.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 31.58% 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: Moodle Have Your Say
Feedback
The applied, practical focus of the unit allows students to develop skills and knowledge useful for their current and future work.
Recommendation
Retain the applied focus on developing skills relevant for the workplace.
Action Taken
Applied focus retained.
Source: Moodle Have Your Say
Feedback
The focus on practical rather than essay-based assessments helps translate theory into practice.
Recommendation
Retain the applied assessments for translating theory into practice.
Action Taken
Applied assessments retained.
Source: Moodle Have Your Say
Feedback
Setting up the unit practice partners as a group of 3 rather than 2 would allow more stability, a potentially better match in terms of knowledge and skills, and further practice opportunities.
Recommendation
Practice partners will be set up as groups of 3.
Action Taken
Practice partners for the assessments were set up as groups of 3.
Source: Moodle Have Your Say
Feedback
Students found videos of coaching skills created by the Unit Coordinator very useful and would like further videos.
Recommendation
Develop additional videos demonstrating key coaching skills.
Action Taken
The Unit Coordinator added new readings and videos on key coaching skills.
Source: Student Unit Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
Students appreciate the videoed feedback on their assessments.
Recommendation
Retain videoed feedback on assessments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Unit Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
Students enjoy the practical focus of the assessments.
Recommendation
Retain practical focus of assessments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Unit Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
Two students commented on the instructions for Assessment 3, asking for further information.
Recommendation
Assessment task instructions will be reviewed and clarified, and a video stepping students through the assessment will be added to the available resources.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Apply principles of positive change to plan and conduct professional coaching sessions with individual clients
  2. Apply knowledge and skills to create and maintain a positive working alliance with clients in coaching sessions
  3. Apply positive psychology tools and strategies to coaching individuals

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Practical Assessment • •
2 - Practical Assessment • • •
3 - Practical Assessment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • •
2 - Communication •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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