Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Medical and Health Sciences

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• Unit Title

  Communication Technology

• Unit Code

  OCT2207

• Year

  2018

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  3

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Ms Rachel BATTEN

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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 2 units (OCT2202 and OCT2208)

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 skills of observation, clinical reasoning, reflective practice, occupational therapy process and sociometry to measure interpersonal and communication skills for an individual or group.
3. Conduct an interview and report results which are accurate and respectful of the circumstances of the individual or group.
4. 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.
5. Apply the benefits of the theories and principles of interpersonal communication.

Unit Content

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

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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.

^ Mandatory to Pass

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