Group dynamics

Teacher(s)

Sobieski Piotr coordinator; Wertz Vincent coordinator;

Language

French

Prerequisites

Prerequisite : having acquired a sufficient level of proficiency in the subject area to be used as application area for this course and being accepted as a candidate for tutoring groups for a course in this subject area. Assessment: the student will be assessed on the basis of a report submitted by the internship supervisor and on the basis of the portfolio. Recommended reading: Jaques, D., Learning in Groups, Kogan Page, London, 1998. Forsyth, D. R., Group Dynamics (Fourth Edition), Wadsworth, Belmont, CA, 2005.

Main themes

. Main themes What is a group and what do we know about the behaviour of groups ? Communication within a group What is learning ? Objectives and aims of learning groups Roles and behaviours of tutors Assessment of group work.

Content

The course consists in: an introduction to the behaviour of learning groups and to the roles of a tutor; an "internship" as a teaching assistant or as a tutor to manage groups of learners for a course in a subject area of the student's choice (approval of a professor responsible for the course is required); the work will apply various pedagogical approaches developed at UCL and will be supervised by a "internship supervisor" in cooperation with the course's teacher; continuous education, as a complement to the tutoring activity, in order to stimulate reflection on the roles of the teacher and of the group facilitator for the course; readings on various themes of interest. The student is expected to build a portfolio during his/her tutoring activity.

Other information

Faculty or entity

EPL