FAMILY DYNAMICS: MAPPING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
DHSC 614 (B)
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Understand the various forms of family that exist in contempory Indian context.
  2. Understand the various roles shared by the members in a family and familial relationships.
  3. Understand family by drawing three generational family tree.
  4. Evaluate the family as a functioning Unit.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

The students will be able to -

 

CO304:Compare the various forms of family that exist in contempory Indian context.

CO305: Develop the understanding of the various roles shared by the members in a family and familial relationships.

CO306:Construct the skills to draw three generational family tree.

CO307:Determine the knowledge about development during childhood/adulthood/old age.

Approach in teaching:

Field trip, Team teaching, quiz

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning presentation Effective questions, Giving tasks, assignment

Observation, Presentation, Report writing, case study

  
 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
CONTENTS
  • To study different forms of family existing in the society
  • To understand the family as a functioning Unit by understanding the roles and responsibilities of family members
  • To observe and identify the various developmental characteristics of different life stages (any one)
  • To understand the dynamics of relationships and their effect on individual functioning with the help of family tree and genogram and draw three generational family tree and genogram
  • Need and Importance of Parent Education and Involvement Interviews with Parents of Vadodara city on the “Topic: Challenges of Parenting in the contemporary context and Support from Schools”. (Low income group, Middle income group & High income group)

 

Essential Readings: 
  •  Patel, T. (2002). (Ed.). The Family in India: Structure and Practice. New Delhi: Sage.
  • Georgas, J., Berry, J. W., van de Vijver, F. J. R., Kağitçibaşi, Ç., & Poortinga, Y. H. (Eds.). (2006). Families across cultures: A 30-nation psychological study. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489822
References: 
  • Macionis,J.J. (2006). Sociology. Delhi: Pearson.
  • Sonawat, R. (2001). Understanding Families in India: A Reflection of Societal Changes. Unit for Family Studies, TISS (1991). Research on families with, problems in India: Issues and implications (Vol. I). Bombay TISS
  • Research on families with problems in India. Bombay. TISS. 5. Shrivastava.N.(Ed). 2010
  •  Strong B., De Vault.C & Cohen T.F. 2011. The Marriage and Family Experience- Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society (11 th Ed).
  • Roopnarine, J. L. (2000). Kakar's psychoanalytic interpretation of Indian childhood: The need to emphasize the father and multiple caregivers in the socialization equation. International Journal of Group Tensions, 29 (3-4),
  • Selin, H. (2014). Parenting across cultures: Childrearing, motherhood and fatherhood in non-western cultures. Springer, Dordrecht.
  • Sharma, D. (2000). Infancy and childhood in India: A critical review. International Journal of Group Tensions , 29 (3-4), 219-251.

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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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