THE INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY KNOWLEDGE 2300-WDWR/PS
The course covers the issues essential for understanding the role and significance of family as a group and institution:
•the Polish family in the turn of centuries – the analysis of changes in the ideas, structures and functions of family,
•the patterns of marriage and family/the alternative forms of family life,
•Dimensions of functionality and dysfunction of the family
•problematic family/family problems – conditions, scale of the phenomenon, the perspectives of family members.
Type of course
Learning outcomes
KNOWLEDGE
•Presents changes in family structure, functions and family awareness,
•Indicates risks impending the functioning of the family as a group and institution,
•Knows the mechanisms of problematic family functioning, taking into account the perspective of all family members,
•Knows the programs of family support and available forms family assistance which reflect its specific needs and problems.
SKILLS:
•Explains the risk factors and situations which occur in problematic families,
•Assesses the child’s situation at school and in the family,
•Indicates the possibility of helping the child and problematic family.
ATTITUDES:
•Establishes the attitude toward people in need,
•Criticizes the inadequate to the problems forms of family assistance,
•Recommends innovative projects of working with family.
Assessment criteria
•Attendance
•By coursework: (reading literature, doing exercises at home etc.)
•Individual presentation of the chosen topic,
•A test in the end of course