1 Sem - Leadership and Communication

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

LIFE LONG LEARNING
Conscious Unconscious Competence

Even though you can do it automatically

you should constantly REFLECT on how
you can do it even better!
COMPETENCE
THEORY
Unconscious
competence
You do it
automatically
Conscious
competence
You know it
and can do it, if
you
concentrate
Conscious
incompetence
You know what
you dont know
Unconscious
incompetence
You dont know
What you dont
know

BLOOMS TAXONOMY
Creating innovation

- new version

6 ATTITUDES/ Competencies/ Skills/ Knowledge

Professional participation
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original design
innovative project / product.
Evaluating - justifying explaining decisions
made
Analysing, comparing experimenting trying
trying alternative ideas
Using / applying information/

Understanding and using basic facts ideas

Remembering / Learning basic facts

LEARNING LEVELS

REFLECT

Attitudes / Competencies /
Skills / Knowledge

Attitudes / Competencies /
Skills / Knowledge

Attitudes / Competencies /
Skills / Knowledge

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

2
Legitimate peripheral
participation
Attitudes / Competencies

/ Skills / Knowledge

0 No knowledge

Unconscious incompetence
You dont know
What you dont know

ON ACTION
REFLECT IN ACTION
REFLECT FOR ACTION

1 Sem - Leadership and Communication

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

1 Sem - Leadership and Communication
1 sem has a multi-disciplinary approach The learning aims for Leadership and
Communication form an important part of this multi - disciplinary approach.

Overall aims
That students should be able to manage and solve their assignment through
collaborative team work including the definition of individual and group aims
and strategies.
Students must be able to document, communicate and defend both their
individual and overall contributions to the final solution of the semester project
both product and process contributions

Learning aims
Knowledge

- That the student learns about and comprehend:

Effective methods for planning their studies

Planning and managing of work related to project
Collaborative Team working and empathetic leadership
Collaborative learning
Project Organisation roles of those involved.
Communicative content of drawings, specifications, budgets and schedules
Structure and content of Building component log
Minutes of meetings the overall structure and importance of decisions
taken
Verbal communication both inter and intra personal
Overall structure and design of a digital presentation Structure and content
of Building component log
Minutes of meetings the overall structure and importance of decisions
taken
Verbal communication both inter and intra personal
Overall structure and design of a digital presentation

Skills That the student is able to:

Plan, implement, up-date and document a semesters study process

Relate, describe and document the processes involved in the semesters
building project to the roles taken by building professionals in the real world
Communicate in-house documentation - technical decisions / actions planned
and taken - through drawings, building component logs
Write minutes to document planned, on-going and completed work throughout
the various project phases.
Communicate to relevant partners plans for the design and implementation of
projects.
Define projected cost budgets for relevant partners (Clients).
Demonstrate basic skills in the verbal communication of building related
subjects
Demonstrate good project presentation skills

1 Sem - Leadership and Communication

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

Competencies - That the student is able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the interaction and interdependence of the

various subjects involved in the semesters theme.
Include relevant elements from a range of subjects in minutes, budgets, planning
and design.
Demonstrate good verbal communication within their team and in open dialogue
in the class.
Plan and demonstrate their own individual or team presentation of a subject or
project.
Identify their own learning needs, aim and strategies in relation to the
knowledge, skills and competencies required during the semester.

Contents

Learning aims and strategies planning your studies

Building component log
Minutes of meetings decision based or narrative minutes.
Time schedules
Budgets
Introduction to working in an organisation in- house / external partners
Theory of organisations - Basic level
Basic Leadership / Management theory
Overall structure of Semester presentations
Presentation theory and techniques
Collaborative Team / group based working
Practical inclusion of group / team working into semester team performance

Attitudes Knowledge, Skills and Competencies are very important in your on-going
professional development, but the most important thing is to develop the right attitude to your
studies, the people around you, your personal development and future career.

VIA University College

Profession bachelor degree be professional
Gather Knowledge
Develop your Skills and Competencies
Acquire and constantly develop the right Attitude
Acquire and constantly maintain your REPUTATION

As a PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
PROFESSIONAL TEAM PLAYER
PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL

1 Sem - Leadership and Communication

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

KNOWLEDGE EXERCISE Reflect on / discuss / make notes on
how you are doing the following:
1. Effective methods YOU use for planning
studies

2. How YOU plan and manage work related to

project.

3.How YOUR team collaborates works

together - with good understanding, synergy and
shared.

4.How YOUR team / class really cooperate and

share knowledge Collaborative learning.

5. How YOUR project is organised the roles of

those involved.

6. How YOU show the Communicative content

of drawings, specifications, budgets and
schedules who needs them and why!
7. Structure and content of Building component
log

8.The minutes or records of YOUR meetings

important discussions / decisions taken

9. How YOU communicate both inter-personal

and intra-personal communication

10. How YOU have planned and organised the

overall structure and design of YOUR digital
presentation

1 Sem - Leadership and Communication

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

SKILLS EXERCISE Reflect on / discuss / make notes on how
you are doing the following:
How YOU plan, implement, up-date and
document a semesters study process

How YOU can relate, describe and document the

processes involved in the semesters building
project to the roles taken by building
professionals in the real world
How YOUR group communicates YOUR
documentation - technical decisions / actions
planned and taken - through drawings, building
component logs
How YOUR group writes records or minutes of
meetings to document planned, on-going and
completed work throughout the various project
phases.
How YOU and YOUR group communicate plans
for the design and implementation of projects to
those that need to know about them.

How YOU define projected cost budgets for

relevant partners (Teachers / Clients).

How YOU use and show basic skills in talking

about / discussing / presenting building related
subjects

How YOU show that YOU have good project

presentation skills

Portfolio your results!

1 Sem - Leadership and Communication

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

COMPETENCIES EXERCISE - Reflect on / discuss / make notes
on how you are doing the following:
How YOU show YOUR understanding of the
interaction and interdependence of the various
subjects involved in the semesters theme.

How YOU show that YOU include relevant

subjects in minutes, budgets, planning and
design.

How YOU communicate verbally within YOUR

team and in the class/ semester / college.

How YOU plan and demonstrate YOUR own or

YOUR teams presentation of a subject or
project.

How YOU and YOUR team identify YOUR

learning needs, aim and strategies related to
the competencies required during the semester
Even though you can do it automatically
You should constantly REFLECT on how
you can do it even better!

Conscious Unconscious Competence

Even though you can do it automatically

You constantly REFLECT on how you can do it even better!

1 Sem - Leadership and Communication

Attitudes / Competencies / Skills / Knowledge

THINK ABOUT IT REFLECT ON IT DISCUSS IT
ACT ON IT PORTFOLIO IT!