Course: Intercultural Communication for Helping Professions

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Course title Intercultural Communication for Helping Professions
Course code KCHP/ICHP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Tlčimuková Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Zvánovcová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Content: - Introduction to the intercultural communication (culture and communication) - Intercultural communication (history and relevance of the field, developments, basic concepts) - Intercultural communication skills for professionals in the globalizing world - Introduction to the essential communication skills for helping professions - Key areas of communication for helping professions (counselling, supervision, mediation/family therapy, child-related work, risk groups) - Applying international communication theories to helping professions practice - Visiting specialized institutions

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Activating (simulations, games, drama), E-learning, Excursion, Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies)
Learning outcomes
Intercultural communication represents an important and globally recognised aspect of higher education. This course aims innovatively to transmit current scientific knowledge and skills related to intercultural communication relevant to helping professionals in today's globalised world. Students will learn about the basics of intercultural communication from the social-scientific perspective. They will learn about social work areas requiring specific communication skills. They will learn to theoretically and practically apply the concepts constitutive for successful intercultural communication in the ideal-typical situation they shall encounter in their later working environment.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Colloquium, Interim evaluation

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