Global Perspectives on Family Life Education
Editat de Mihaela Robila, Alan C. Tayloren Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 aug 2018
This expansive reference examines the many types of Family Life Education (FLE) programs being offered around the world, reflecting a myriad of cultures and contexts. Coverage identifies core FLE content areas including parenting education, human sexuality, and interpersonal relationships, and details their programming in various countries over six continents, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Contributors discuss complex challenges of program design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as connections between FLE and family prevention and intervention services. This knowledge is of great theoretical and practical utility across various fields, and is of particular interest to those developing programs for diverse populations.
- Presents in-depth information on Family Life Education programs from different countries around the world.
- Discusses how the socio-historic, political, and economic context of a country impacts its families and family services and programs.
- Covers current topics including poverty, domestic violence, and immigration.
- Encourages best practices and thorough understanding of the country/region.
- Offers recommendations for family service providers.
Global Perspectives on Family Life Education is a trove of vital knowledge benefitting scholars and researchers as well as professors, postgraduates, graduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners in the family sciences, family life education, family therapy, social work, child and family studies, psychology, sociology, social work, cultural studies, and urban studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783319775883
ISBN-10: 331977588X
Pagini: 418
Ilustrații: VII, 418 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Greutate: 7.87 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 331977588X
Pagini: 418
Ilustrații: VII, 418 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Greutate: 7.87 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Global Perspectives on Family Life Education: Introduction.- Family Life Education in South Korea.- Family Life Education in China.- Family Life Education in Taiwan.- Opportunities for Family Life Education in Thailand.- Family Life Education in India: Policies and Prospects.- Education for Family Life Education in Australia.- Family Characteristics and Family Life Education in Algeria.- Family Life Education Development, Implementation and Evaluation in Tanzania.- Family Life Education in Kenya.- Family Life Education: A Ghanaian Perspective.- South Africa: Family Life as the Mirror of a Society.- Family Life Education in the United States.- Social Programs on Family Life Education in México.- Family Life Education in the Caribbean Islands: Barbados, Grenada, and Trinidad & Tobago.- Family Life Education: Brazilian Realities and Dreams.- Family Life Education in Chile: A Critical Analysis of Two Programs.- Family Life Education in Colombia: Fostering Families' Well-Being.- Family and Child Welfare in Norway: An Analysis of the Welfare State's Programs and Services.- Irish Family Life in Changing Times.- Family Life Education in Ukraine.- Family Life Education in Turkey.- Social-Economic, Historical and Cultural Context of Israel and Impact on the Families.- Family Life Education in Saudi Arabia.- Family Life Education – Synthesis and Future Directions.
Notă biografică
Mihaela Robila, Ph.D., CFLE is Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York. Her scholarship is focused on family functioning and family policies in different countries. Besides writing numerous peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals, she also edited the “Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe” (2014, Springer), wrote a book on “Eastern European Immigrant Families” (2010; Routledge), and edited a book on “Families in Eastern Europe” (2004; Elsevier). Her work has been supported by funding from Fulbright Program, American Councils for International Education - U.S. Department of State, Spencer Foundation, Fahs Beck Fund for Research, Jacobs Foundation, among others. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association Divisions 52 - International Psychology, 43 – Society for Couple and Family Psychology, and 37- Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice. She was awarded the Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award by the APA Division 43 – Society for Family Psychology. Dr. Robila has been invited and participated to several United Nations (U.N.) Expert Group Meetings on families and family policies, and is the National Council on Family Relations representative at the U.N.
Alan C. Taylor, Ph.D., CFLE is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at East Carolina University. His scholarship is focused in three areas: family life education pedagogy, family theory and intergenerational relations – in particular, grandparent-grandchild relationships. Besides writing numerous peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals and book chapters on family life education, family theory and intergenerational relationships, he also co-edited the book entitled “Family Life Education with Diverse Populations” (2012, Sage) with Dr. Sharon Ballard.
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This expansive reference examines the many types of Family Life Education (FLE) programs being offered around the world, reflecting a myriad of cultures and contexts. Coverage identifies core FLE content areas including parenting education, human sexuality, and interpersonal relationships, and details their programming in various countries over six continents, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Contributors discuss complex challenges of program design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as connections between FLE and family prevention and intervention services. This knowledge is of great theoretical and practical utility across various fields, and is of particular interest to those developing programs for diverse populations.
This unique volume:
- Presents in-depth information on Family Life Education programs from different countries around the world.
- Discusses how the socio-historic, political, and economic context of a country impacts its families and family services and programs.
- Covers current topics including poverty, domestic violence, and immigration.
- Encourages best practices and thorough understanding of the country/region.
- Offers recommendations for family service providers.
Global Perspectives on Family Life Education is a trove of vital knowledge benefitting scholars and researchers as well as professors, postgraduates, graduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners in the family sciences, family life education, family therapy, social work, child and family studies, psychology, sociology, social work, cultural studies, and urban studies.
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Presents in-depth information on Family Life Education (FLE) programs from different countries around the world Discusses how the socio-historic, political and economic context of a country impacts its families and family services and programs Offers recommendations for family service providers