Recreation Leadership in Small Groups

Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Therapeutic Recreation
Course Code
THRT 2406
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
Flexible delivery ranging over 2 to 15 weeks
Max Class Size
30
Method Of Instruction
Lecture
Tutorial
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the theoretical foundation for understanding and leading effective groups. The theory of groups and group dynamics, leadership and activity analysis will be applied as students design, implement and evaluate small groups in expressive or creative arts.
Course Content

Group Theory

  • Definition of groups, group work and teams
  • Values and ethics which guide group work
  • Classifying groups/types of groups
  • Stages of group development

Group Dynamics and Group Effectiveness

  • Influence of physical environment
  • Communication and interaction patterns
  • Group attraction, involvement, cohesion
  • Group norms, roles and status
  • Group climate and culture
  • Group goals, productivity and effectiveness
  • Group problem solving and decision making

Leadership: Theory

  • Theories of leadership
  • Situational leadership theory
  • An Interactional Model of Leadership
  • Group and team leadership functions and skills
  • Enhancing team leadership
  • Understanding diversity in groups and teams
  • Adapting to differences
  • Managing group conflict

Leadership Skills Applied

  • Situational leadership applied
  • Active listening skills
  • Making group process explicit
  • Reframing and redefining
  • Linking, connecting group members
  • Providing resources, information giving
  • Modeling, coaching, supporting
  • Problem solving, conflict resolution
  • Task and activity analysis

Planning, Implementing and Evaluating a Recreation Session

  • Identifies strengths and needs of group members
  • Session plan for creative or expressive arts
  • Analyzes the activity
  • Implements and evaluates the session
  • Self and peer leadership evaluation
Methods Of Instruction
  • Lecture/discussion
  • Small group leadership
  • Experiential creative arts groups
  • Media
  • Video leadership
Means of Assessment

This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations. Typical means of evaluation would include a combination of:

  • Written assignments
  • Presentations
  • Testing

This is a graded course

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. define groups, teams, group work practice
  2. describe the types of groups and the stages of group development
  3. describe the theories of group dynamics and group effectiveness
  4. explain the meaning of leadership
  5. document the plan for a small group, expressive or creative arts activity
  6. demonstrate leadership by implementing the planned arts session
  7. evaluate session planning and leadership skills
Textbook Materials

T.B.A.

Requisites

Prerequisites

THRT 1205 and THRT 1201

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

Institution Transfer Details Effective Dates
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) KPU ARTS 2XXX (3) 2010/05/01 to -
Simon Fraser University (SFU) No credit 2006/09/01 to -
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) No credit 2010/05/01 to 2010/12/31
Trinity Western University (TWU) TWU GENS 2XX (3) 2010/05/01 to -
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) UBCV KIN 2nd (3) 2006/09/01 to -
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC ORTM 2XX (3) 2007/09/01 to -
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC RRT 2XX (3) 2006/09/01 to 2007/08/31
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) UFV GE 1XX (3) 2006/09/01 to -
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC EPHE 252 (1.5) 2008/05/01 to -
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC PE 252 (1.5) 2006/09/01 to 2008/04/30

Course Offerings

Fall 2021

There aren't any scheduled upcoming offerings for this course.