EDU 512 - Group Dynamics for Leaders

Credits: 3
For Non-Counseling Students only. This course offers an overview of group processes and an understanding of the relationship between group goals and group process. This course is intended to help the learner acquire the knowledge necessary to recognize the dynamics that are occurring within a group and the confidence needed to challenge the group to meet its goals and objectives. The course develops group skills for participants, observers, leaders and facilitators. Group leadership, theoretical approaches to working with a group, and the application and integration of group dynamic concepts with various systems are developed.
Learners will develop a toolkit of skills that will enable them to carry out this description.