Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Communication Technology
  • Unit Code

    OCT2207
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit explores issues related to the practice of professional support and the processes of enabling relationships between professionals and clients. It considers the capacity of relationships to empower and construct change and the diverse contexts that influence interpersonal communication such as power and inequality, diversity and difference, language, culture and the body. Proxemics and counselling skills with individuals and groups are considered from the stance of the reflective practitioner.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 4 units from OCT1102, OCT1205, OCT1206, OCT1208

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches and compensatory strategies to enhance communication and enable relationships between professionals, clients and others.
  2. Apply the benefits of the theories and principles of interpersonal communication.
  3. Apply the skills of observation, clinical reasoning, reflective practice, occupational therapy process and sociometry to measure interpersonal and communication skills for an individual or group.
  4. Conduct an interview and report results which are accurate and respectful of the circumstances of the individual or group.
  5. Develop an assessment and intervention plan to improve all forms of communication skills in individuals and groups by using a holistic approach and proxemics that considers persons, tasks, and environments.

Unit Content

  1. Adopting an evidence-based approach to the use of communication technologies and approaches in practice.
  2. Communicating with individuals, groups and communities; interviewing, group process and ethical leadership.
  3. Introduction to communication theory and professional practice.
  4. The place of language in communication, non-verbal communication and intercultural communication.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and experiential laboratories. Class and small group discussions, use of digital media, guest lecturers from industry and E-learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Individual written assignment50%
Tutorial PresentationGroup presentation and assignment20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination30%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Ivey, A., Ivey, M., & Zalaquett, C. (2014). Intentional interviewing and counselling (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
  • Cole, M. B. (2012). Group dynamics in occupational therapy (4th ed.). New Jersey, NJ: Slack Inc.
  • Boyt-Schell, B., Gillen, G., & Scaffa, M. (2014). Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy (12th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Corey, M.S., Corey,G., & Corey, C. (2014). Groups: Process and practice (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Journal References

  • Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
  • British Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • American Journal of Occupational Therapy

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Communication Technology
  • Unit Code

    OCT2207
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit explores issues related to the practice of professional support and the processes of enabling relationships between professionals and clients. It considers the capacity of relationships to empower and construct change and the diverse contexts that influence interpersonal communication such as power and inequality, diversity and difference, language, culture and the body. Proxemics and counselling skills with individuals and groups are considered from the stance of the reflective practitioner.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 4 units from OCT1102, OCT1205, OCT1206, OCT1208

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches and compensatory strategies to enhance communication and enable relationships between professionals, clients and others.
  2. Apply the benefits of the theories and principles of interpersonal communication.
  3. Apply the skills of observation, clinical reasoning, reflective practice, occupational therapy process and sociometry to measure interpersonal and communication skills for an individual or group.
  4. Conduct an interview and report results which are accurate and respectful of the circumstances of the individual or group.
  5. Develop an assessment and intervention plan to improve all forms of communication skills in individuals and groups by using a holistic approach and proxemics that considers persons, tasks, and environments.

Unit Content

  1. Adopting an evidence-based approach to the use of communication technologies and approaches in practice.
  2. Communicating with individuals, groups and communities; interviewing, group process and ethical leadership.
  3. Introduction to communication theory and professional practice.
  4. The place of language in communication, non-verbal communication and intercultural communication.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and experiential laboratories. Class and small group discussions, use of digital media, guest lecturers from industry and E-learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Individual written assignment50%
Tutorial PresentationGroup presentation and assignment20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination30%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Ivey, A., Ivey, M., & Zalaquett, C. (2014). Intentional interviewing and counselling (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
  • Cole, M. B. (2012). Group dynamics in occupational therapy (4th ed.). New Jersey, NJ: Slack Inc.
  • Boyt-Schell, B., Gillen, G., & Scaffa, M. (2014). Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy (12th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Corey, M.S., Corey,G., & Corey, C. (2014). Groups: Process and practice (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Journal References

  • Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
  • British Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • American Journal of Occupational Therapy

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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