Note: Thank you to the 17 course participants (April-May 2007 term) who submitted their course assignments for the sharing resource file. These projects are located in the Course Content section.

The module seeks to provide course participants with the knowledge, skills, and understanding of developmental guidance in enhancing students' learning, social interaction and personal growth through group processes. Specifically, it looks at the psychosocial processes underlying interactions in groups. Topics include group dynamics; group theories; developing effective groups; team building; developing group norms; life stages of a group; communication in groups; the development of leadership; consensus decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict management in groups; group influences on individual behavior; helpful and unhelpful group behaviors. Participants will learn these through a variety of group activities, group discussions, simulated group guidance practice (role play), and lectures.

Course Objectives:

On completion of this module, course participants will be able to:

- Plan and lead groups
- Process (observe, reflect on and analyze) a group's effectiveness.
- Facilitate effective ways of students learning together
- Structure, create and maintain cohesiveness for effective group learning
- Handle problems arising from group interactions
- Describe phases of group development