Personal development I - NSCI050

• Title: Personal development I
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Theoretical Physics (32-UTF)
• Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 3
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Ondřej Pejcha, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (11.02.2022)

The course focuses on the issues of personal development and introduction to selected social competences useful for working in the academic environment. It provides findings e. g. from the fields of personality psychology and social psychology in applied form.

Aim of the course

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (11.02.2022)

The course focuses on the issues of personal development and introduction to selected social competences useful for working in the academic environment. It provides findings e. g. from the fields of personality psychology and social psychology in applied form. The lectures also include topics from the areas of personal management focused on work and life balance (coping with stress, time management). The course will be using case studies, experiential techniques and self-coaching techniques. In addition to competences named above skills more focused on particularities of academic environment and science, such as scientific ethics and misconduct or open data will be covered.

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (14.05.2023)

Active participation of students in the class is expected. The credit is based on short essay written by student on one of the topics covered within the course.

Literature

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (11.02.2022)

1. COOPER, Cary L., and James QUICK. The Handbook of Stress and Health: A Guide to Research and Practice. 1st ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2017. ISBN 978-1-118-99377-4.

2. CORR, Philip J., and Gerald MATTHEWS. The Cambridge Handbook of Personality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1108404457.

3. FOLKMAN, Susan. The Oxford Handbook of Stress, Health, and Coping. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0195375343

4. MARKUS, Hazel Rose, Saul KASSIN, and Steven FEIN. Social Psychology. 11th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-0357122846.

5. OETZEL, John G., and Stella TING-TOOMEY. The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publicatios, Inc., 2013. ISBN 978-1412987790.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (11.02.2022)

Active participation of students in the class is expected. The credit is based on short essay written by student on one of the topics covered within the course.

Syllabus

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (11.02.2022)

1. Personal and social competences (empathy, emotional and social intelligence, social perception)

2. Communication skills (verbal and nonverbal communication, active listening, communication styles)

3. Argumentation, negotiating and conflict solving (styles, strategies, mediation)

4. Presentations

5. Self-presentation skills

6. Coping with stress (stressors, workoholism, burn-out syndrome)

7. Time management

8. Scientific ethics and misconduct

9. Open data

10. Careers in academia

11. Careers in private sector and policy making

12. Job applications and interviews