COURSE DESCRIPTION
An overview of Transactional Analysis with emphasis on application for personal growth and professional development. The course will cover the historical and theoretical development of transactional analysis, as well as specific strategies for personal and professional development.
 

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Through this course students will demonstrate progress in the achievement of two of the NBPTS propositions that form the conceptual framework for advanced preparation programs in the College of Education.

Proposition 1. Educators are committed to student learning, Students will develop knowledge about how individuals learn and develop and extend their knowledge beyond cognitive capacities through understanding the structure and function of personality from the transactional analysis perspective.

Proposition 2. Educators know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to student. Students will be skilled at analyzing sand structuring social interaction in order to generate effective instructional experiences.
 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Students will:

1. acquire knowledge of the structure, development, and functions of personality (James & Jongeward, 1971);

2. acquire knowledge of how the two basic human needs for structuring time and for recognition influence social interaction (James and Jongeward, 1971);

3. acquire knowledge of life scripts and how they are acquired and how they function (White, 1995);

4. use the knowledge of how our personalities function in social interaction in order to decrease prejudice and increase acceptance of self and others (Novey, 1994); and

5. apply the basic concepts of how we change and grow in order to grow personally and develop professionally (Novey, 1994).
 

TEXTS, READINGS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES

Required Text:
    James M. & Jongeward J. (1971). Born to win. Addison-Wesley: Philippines.

References:
    Berne, E. (1961). Transactional analysis in psychotherapy. Grove Press: New York.
    White, T. (1995). I’m ok, you’re ok: Further considerations. Transactional Analysis Journal,25 (3) 234-236.
    Novey, T. (1994). Developing a coherent map of transactional analysis theories. Transactional Analysis Journal 24 (4) 312-315.
 

ASSIGNMENTS, EVALUATION PROCEDURES, AND GRADING POLICY

Course Requirements
1. A 15 to 20-page typed, self analysis paper using the concepts from the transactional analysis framework.
2. Attend all class sessions.
3. Take midterm and final exam.

Evaluation Procedures:
Self Analysis Paper  100 pts.
Midterm  100 pts.
Final  100 pts.
 Total 300 pts
 

CLASS OUTLINE
Week 1 Introduction, requirements, overview.
Week 2 Historical perspective of Transaction Analysis
Week 3 The Theoretic perspective defined.
Week 4 Basic human needs - the foundation
Week 5 Personality structure
Week 6 Personality function
Week 7 Mid-term Exam
Week 8 Social transactions
Week 9 Time structuring
Week 10 Patterns of interactions, individual and group
Week 11 Life scripts
Week 12 The therapeutic model
Week 13 Therapeutic strategies - the basics
Week 14 Therapeutic strategies - the practice
Week 15 Therapeutic strategies - meta practice
Week 16 Final examination/evaluations as scheduled