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Family Dynamics
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to:
- Understand the goals, significance and functions of marriage
- To understand the concept of family , parenthood and parent child relationship
- Analyze family life cycle.
- Evaluate problems related to family and women.
- Remember social structure.
Course Outcomes (CO’s):
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HHD 122 |
Family Dynamics |
Student will–
COHD5: Discuss the concept of family dynamics and Identify the macro level changes and its impact on Indian family. COHD6: Describe the types of Kinship and society. COHD7: Develop the familiarity with the marriage and its related issues and adjustments. COHD8: Construct the alternate forms of family and identify the reasons and characteristics for their formation COHD9: Discuss the status , issues and interventions related to women.
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Approaches in Teaching: Interactive Lectures, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation,
Learning activities for the Students: Relevant books, papers – students read, collate and make presentations on selected theme |
Quiz. PPT, Group projects, assignments, CA test , Semester End Examination. |
- Definition of family from different perspectives.
- Approaches to family study-
- Development approach
- Interactional approach
- Institutional approach
- Structural functional approach
- Systems approach
- Changing structural and functional aspects of Indian family.
- Family life cycle and their developmental task
- Kinship: Types of Kinship, degree of kinship, range of a kinship system, kinship descent, kinship usages, kinship and their influence on the child.
- Society: Structure- rural & urban, modern society and its influence on the family.
- Personality and society - Inter-relation, cultural influences on human personality and social behavior1
- Family life education.
- Marriage -Concept, need, importance
- Readiness for marriage- physiological, social, psychological, economical etc.
- Adjustments in marriage- sexual, economical, in- laws, parenthood and problems in marriage desertion, separation, divorce, widowhood and remarriage.
- Legal aspects of marriage- Legislation pertaining to marriage, property, Hindu-marriage act, Hindu succession act, Anti dowry act.
- Marital and pre-marital counseling
- Effect of modernization on marriage.
- Employment of women and family conflict& adjustment
- Generation Gap and adjustment
- Alternatives to marriage – co-living, living single, child marriage, group marriage, lesbianism and gay culture.
- Status of women- Demographic, political, social, educational, economic, legal.
- Factors influencing status, roles and responsibilities of men and women.
- Problems of women- Dowry, suicide, health, women and mass media, sexual exploitation, women criminals, prostitution, eve teasing , rape.
- Woman and the Law: Legislation pertaining to marriage, property, Hindu-marriage act, Hindu succession act, Anti dowry act.
- Intervention and relief programs- family violence, battered women, child maltreatment, sexual abuse, separation and divorce, mother employed outside.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
- Duvall, E.M. Family, The Macmillon Company, New York 1961.
- Lanois, F.R. and Landis, M.O. Personala adjustments in Marriage and family living, Prentice Hall Inc., New York 1955.
- Renkel, F. The Family in perspective. Appleton Contury, Crofts, Inc. New Delhi, 1960.
- Rao. C.N.S.Introduction to Sociology. Vol. 1. S. Chand & Company (pvt.) Ltd.
- Kapur,S.Changing status of working women in India,Vikas1974.
- Mandelbaum,D.G.,Society in India,Popular Prakashan,1972.
- Nye,I and Berardo,the family its structure and interaction.Macmillan,1973.
- Jack,N.Modernsociety,Georage Allen and union,1981.
- Rai,B.C.,SocialPsychology,Prakashan Kendra,1982.
