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Family Life Education
Principles and Practices for Effective Outreach
Third Edition
- Stephen F. Duncan - Brigham Young University, USA
- H. Wallace Goddard - University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
June 2016 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
A practical how-to guide to developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining effective family life education programs.
Drawing on the best scholarship and their own years of professional experience, the authors of this thoroughly updated Third Edition begin by discussing the foundations of family life education and encourage readers to develop their own outreach philosophies. The book then helps readers learn principles and methods for reaching out to the public and how to form and use community collaborations and use principles of social marketing to promote programs.
Drawing on the best scholarship and their own years of professional experience, the authors of this thoroughly updated Third Edition begin by discussing the foundations of family life education and encourage readers to develop their own outreach philosophies. The book then helps readers learn principles and methods for reaching out to the public and how to form and use community collaborations and use principles of social marketing to promote programs.
Foundations of Family Life Education
Chapter 1: Historical and Philosophical Perpectives
Development of Family Life Education Programs
Chapter 2: Designing Comprehensive Family Life Education Prevention Programs
Chapter 3: Principles of Program Evaluation
Implementing Family Education Programs
Chapter 4: Designing Effective Instruction
Chapter 5: Engaging an Audience
Chapter 6: Teaching Skills and Tools in Family Life Education
Chapter 7: Working with Diverse Audiences
Content and Contexts for FLE Programs
Chapter 8: Education for Personal Well-Being: Flourishing People Make Better Family Members
Chapter 9: Marriage and Relationship Education
Chapter 10: Parenting Education
Chapter 11: Sexuality Education
Chapter 12: Family Life Education on the Technological Frontier
Chapter 13: Working with the Media in Family Life Education
Chapter 14: Writing for the Lay Audience
Chapter 15: Creating Effective Collaborative Partnerships
Chapter 16: Marketing Family Life Principles, Practices, and Programs
Chapter 17: Narratives of Family Life Educators
Chapter 18: Helping Others Find Their Place in Family Life Education
Chapter 19: Improving the Practice of Family Life Education
Supplements
Instructor Resource Site
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
Word Test Bank
This Word test bank offers a diverse set of test questions and answers for each chapter of the book. Multiple-choice, true/false, short-answer, and essay questions for every chapter help instructors assess students’ progress and understanding.
PowerPoint
For instructors who like to use Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations to guide their course sessions, this site includes a presentation for each chapter. Each presentation guides users through each chapter, highlighting key concepts and terms.
“Duncan and Goddard provide an in-depth coverage of the essentials needed by the educator who seeks to provide learning experiences that are responsive to the need of those who see to plan and evaluate outreach education programs. Educators are guided from conceptualization and planning strategies, to implementation strategies, to evaluation and revision strategies for outreach efforts.”
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