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2023/2024

General Aspects of Mediation

Code: 44687 ECTS Credits: 15
Degree Type Year Semester
4317933 Mediation in Families and in Private Law OB 0 1

Contact

Name:
Patricia Olmos Rueda
Email:
patricia.olmos@uab.cat

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites


Objectives and Contextualisation

This module aims to learn the general foundations of mediation and the fundamental concepts of family mediation and private law. Likewise, it is intended to establish the conceptual differences between mediation, negotiation and arbitration and present different schools or models of mediation. The concept of conflict will also be worked on, as well as management techniques and its resolution.


Competences

  • Identify the mediating base of the act of negotiation.
  • Plan and carry out research and disseminate the culture of mediation.
  • Show a commitment to ethics and gender in mediation.
  • Solve problems effectively in a contextualised manner and with social responsibility.
  • Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
  • Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse and interpret information systematically.
  2. Carry out documentary research before making decisions.
  3. Compare ideas and arguments in working teams to generate creative ideas.
  4. Demonstrate a positive and respectful attitude towards the rest of the team and /or clients.
  5. Identify different way of managing conflict.
  6. Identify the options for mediation in complex contexts.
  7. Localise sources of information and data bases specific to the area in question.
  8. Make decision in complex situations, evaluating the possible consequences.
  9. Recognise and identify the different principles, focusses and strategies of mediation and the design and practice of mediation.
  10. Respect the opinions, values and cultures of the rest of the team and/or clients.

Content

• People and their environment. Development and interaction:

o Psychological and psychosocial processes of development

o The conflict, typology and levels

o Analysis, management, and resolution of conflicts.

• Mediation, principles, process design and practice of mediation:

o The alternative resolution of legal conflicts

o Mediation and the legislation surrounding mediation

o The development of mediation. Care for vulnerable people

• Schools and mediation models

• Differences between conciliation, mediation and arbitration

• The transaction contract and its legal regulation

• Specific strategies and tools to understand and analyze the dynamics of conflict and mediation


Methodology

This module is developed through directed, supervised and autonomous activities characterized by the combination of:

• Lectures with invited experts.

• Resolution of cases, exercises and practical problems in person and virtually.

• Simulation of problems and role playing

• Discussion forum.

• Tutorials.

• Personal study.

• Reading articles and reports.

Note: 15 minutes of a class will be reserved within the calendar established by the center or by the degree for the students to fill in the surveys to evaluate the performance of the teaching staff and to evaluate the subject or module.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Directed activities 112.5 4.5 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
Type: Supervised      
Supervised actvities 56.2 2.25 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
Type: Autonomous      
Autonomous activities 206.3 8.25 1, 2, 6, 7

Assessment

This module will be evaluated according to the following evidence:

  • Attendance and active participation in the forums and/or conferences and complementary activities (critical reflection, writing with contributions from the conference to the professional practice of mediation, etc.).
  • Delivery of case resolution exercises.
  • Delivery of reports/work.
  • Tests.

 The module grade will be established following the proportions detailed in the evaluation activities table. The delivery of exercises, reports, assignments and/or tests will be specified at the beginning of the module.

There will be a qualification for the more legal aspects and mediation practice (including some exercises and written tests) and another for the more psychosocial aspects.

The qualifications of each of the assessment activities will be published in the 20 days following the delivery. Students wishing to review the results must do so within 15 days after their publication.

All those students with a successful follow-up of the subject and with some pending assignment will be allowed to pass the subject though the redesign or improvement of those failed assignments. 

Copy of any part of an assignment, essays or examinations constitute a crime that can represent to suspend the subject (more information in: http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_0 1.html). 

In all the activities (individual and in group) the linguistic correction, the writing and the formal aspects of presentation will be taken into account. Students must be able to express themselves fluently and correctly and must show a high degree of understanding of academic texts. An activity can be returned (not evaluated) or suspended if the teacher considers that it does not meet these requirements. For this reason, before submitting a learning evidence, check that the sources,notes, citations and bibliographic references have been correctly written following the APA regulations. and according to the documentation that is summarized in UAB sources: https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/recdoc/2016/145881/citrefapa_a2016.pdfhttps://www.uab.cat/web/estudia-i-investiga/com-citar-i-elaborar-la-bibliografia-1345708785665.html

To pass this subject, an attitude compatible with the mediation profession must be demonstrated. Therefore, it will be valued that the student shows good general communicative competence, both orally and in writing. Likewise, they must show attitudes of active listening, participation, empathy and respect throughout the course. Other skills such as: active listening, respect, participation, cooperation, empathy, kindness, punctuality, not judging, arguing, proper use of mobile phones and computers will be taken into account.

SINGLE EVALUATION

The evidence of the evaluation must be delivered in the last scheduled session of the module. This assessment includes:

  • Written exam that includes all the contents of the module (45%).
  • The development of a portfolio with the collection of evidence of activities carried out throughout the module (45%).
  • The presentation/oral defense of the evidence collected in the portfolio (10%).

To pass the subject, a minimum score of 5 must be achieved in each of the evidence of the single assessment.

The same recovery system will apply as for the continuous assessment.

The review of the final qualification follows the same procedure as for the continuous assessment.


Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Attendance and active participation 10% 0 0 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
Delivery of exercises/ resolution of cases 45% 0 0 1, 4, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Submit reports and assignments and/or tests 45% 0 0 1, 4, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Bibliography

The general bibliography is specified, which does not exclude the specific one that may be provided by the teaching staff involved in the training.

 

Barona Vilar, Silvia y otros autores; (2022); Meditaciones sobre mediación (MED+). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch.

Blanco; M. (2018). Mediación y sistemas alternativos de resolución de conflictos. Una visión jurídica. Madrid: Editorial Reus.

Cabrera, R y Quesada, P.M. (2018). La mediación como método para la resolución de conflictos. Madrid: Dykinson.

Farré, S. (2006, 2ª). Gestión de conflictos: taller de mediación. Un enfoque socioafectivo. Barcelona: Ariel

Madrid; S. (2017). Mediación motivacional. Hacia una relación de acompañamiento en los conflictos. Madrid: Editorial Reus.

Moreno, F.J. (Coord.) (2014). Bases de Mediació. Barcelona: Servei de publicaciones de la UAB

Munné Catarina, Frederic y Vidal Teixidó, Antoni; (2013); La mediación. Resolución Pacífica de conflicto. Régimen jurídico y eficacia procesal. Barcelona: La Ley.

Ortuño Muñoz, Pascual; (2018); Justicia sin jueces. Barcelona: Ariel.

Pérez-Ugena, M (2017). El uso on-line de la mediación, servicio de solución de conflictos. Madrid: Dykinson.

Suares, M. (2005). Mediación. Conducción de disputas, comunicación y técnicas. Barcelona: Paidós.

Ury, W. (2012). Supere el No. Como negociar con personas que adoptan posiciones inflexibles. Madrid: Gestión 2000.

Vega; Y. y otros (2015). Gestión de conflictos y procesos de mediación. Madrid: Paraninfo.

 

Access to the databases of the Humanities and Social Sciences libraries. Online academic resources (https://www.uab.cat/web/servei-de-biblioteques-1345703209400.html)


Software

It does not require specific software