Family Science Education

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from Zippy Weekly Videos

Life with a single father

This heartwarming short film from Singapore, titled "Family," portrays a father's love for his daughter. It’s not to be missed.

from Zippy Weekly Videos

Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm (1963)

In another vintage short film, George and Betty get to spend the summer with their cousins on Uncle Jim’s farm. Doing chores, calling hogs, milking cows — it’s all here, straight from 1963.

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"Famology" (Dead), "Family Science" (Life Support): How is "Family Studies" Doing? - Audio Recording

The purpose of this symposium will be to examine how well the family field as a whole is faring 30 years after Burr's proposal. More specifically, the symposium will examine how family studies/science is doing in the academy, among other social and behavioral sciences, and among the general public and popular media.

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Family Science and Public Health: Our Shared Future - Video Recording

Panel: Robert Gold, Ph.D, University of Maryland.; Elaine Anderson, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Alan Acock, Ph.D, Oregon State University; Kathleen M. Roche, Ph.D., George Washington University

from Future of Children—fall 2012 journal on literacy released

Journal: Literacy Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

from Do you teach family policy?

Teaching Family Policy

Find teaching resources here.

from What’s new at PEW?

Loaded with Uncertainty: Are Prepaid Cards a Smart Alternative to Checking Accounts?

Read the report here.

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CFLE Network - Fall 2011

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Teaching grant-writing to undergraduate students in Family & Community Services

by Sharon M. Ballard, associate professor of Child Development & Family Relations, and Bryce Jorgensen, assistant professor of Child Development & Family Relations, East Carolina University

Many FCS graduates work in non-profit child and family agencies where fund-raising has become increasingly important in these challenging economic times. This article describes how fund-raising is incorporated into the FCS curriculum and the method we use to teach the grant-writing process.

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To teach effectively, design intentionally

by James Marshall, Ph.D., LMFT, Associate Professor of Family Life, University of Arkansas, and H. Wallace Goddard, Ph.D., CFLE, Professor of Family Life, University of Arkansas

... the best instruction balances four different elements of oral or written instruction, according to David Merrill, who has developed a system of instructional design called Component Display Theory (CDT)

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