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Chapter 11 - Parent Education
Questions/Problems for Discussion and Review
Class Discussion
Can parenting educators be effective if they have never had children themselves? Discuss your thinking about whether parenting education is a profession or a discipline within the profession of education. Should parent educators be required to have at least a baccalaureate degree in order to practice? Which term is better: parent educator or parenting educator? Why?
Research Problems/Activities
Where do the theories presented in this chapter (humanism, behaviorism, and so on) fall in relation to Murray’s criteria (page 193)? Compare the requirements for the Certified Family Life Educator designation and the competencies needed for parenting educators listed on page ____. How do they differ? Does a parenting educator need to know the same things as a Certified Family Life Educator? What would a community-based parenting program using an Adlerian approach look like if you were to design one for your neighborhood resource center? Apply Doherty’s levels of family involvement model (discussed in Chapter 2) to Harman and Brim’s three modes of instruction for parenting education: the individual mode, the group mode, and the mass mode. Investigate the availability of parenting education programs in your community. In what settings are they held (health care, community education, extension)? From the descriptions, can you tell what theory of child development they are based on (behaviorism, Adlerian, temperament, and so on)?
Case Study Design
Julian and Marie are the parents of 13-year-old Ruby. Ruby refuses to clean her room, and it has become quite a mess. Describe how Julian and Marie would react if they parented using each of the styles described by Baumrind: permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian. How would a parenting educator following a behavioral approach suggest that Julian and Marie deal with Ruby and her room? One following an Adlerian approach?
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