Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will develop professional skills, knowledge, and competencies to successfully facilitate groups. You will learn how to plan, deliver, and evaluate group programs suitable for adults. You will learn ethical and inclusive approaches to group facilitation. These foundational skills in group facilitation will support the creation of well-structured group environments which foster adult learning.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Practical Assessment | 40% |
| 3. Reflective Practice Assignment | 20% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 85.71% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.89% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Unit Coordinator observations
Include the unit material on diversity into an assessment.
The Unit Coordinator will include in the final assessment, which is a self-reflection on group facilitation, an additional question asking how the student would modify the group process for different diverse groups.
This change was implemented in Assessment 3. Students provided an additional section in their self-reflection to write about what they would do differently in diverse groups.
Source: Unit Coordinator observations
Include unit content on trauma-informed group facilitation.
The Unit Coordinator will develop and include new material on trauma-informed group facilitation.
New learning materials were added in Week 7, including a chapter in the online Moodle workbook dedicated to new research in this field.
Source: Unit Coordinator observations
Create and include new unit material on First Nation's perspectives on group facilitation.
The Unit Coordinator will include throughout existing modules First Nation's knowledges on group facilitation from First Nation's perspectives.
First Nation perspectives on group facilitation were added to Week 4, Week 9 and Week 12 learning materials in Moodle.
Source: SUTE responses.
Some students faced difficulties in finding a group to complete Assessment 2 with.
The Unit Coordinator and teaching team will investigate alternative strategies for allocating students to groups.
In Progress
Source: SUTE responses.
Some students requested clearer guidance on how to reduce the one-hour facilitation plan (Assessment 1) into a 20-minute recording for Assessment 2.
The Unit Coordinator will add additional learning materials to aid students in condensing facilitation programs around time limits.
In Progress
Source: SUTE responses.
Students found the previous example assessments a useful guide to apply to their own work.
The teaching team will continue to provide students with previous assessments as examples.
In Progress
Source: SUTE responses.
Videos in learning materials were useful.
The teaching team will continue to source video learning materials to include in the unit's content.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Design a group program
- Deliver a group program
- Evaluate group program design and delivery.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |
| 2 - Practical Assessment | • | • | |
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | |
| 4 - Research | • | ||
| 5 - Self-management | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | ||
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | ||||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • | • | ||||||