Family Life Education in International Perspectives
Alan Taylor, Mihaela Robila, Catherine Solheim, Shann Hwa Hwang, Karen Myers-Bowman, Isaac CJ Falcon-Campos; Co-chairs: Alan C. Taylor
- Research
- Practice
- International
About the Session
- 316-01 - Re-examining International Family Life Education: Conceptualizing the Components of “Culture”
By Alan Taylor, Mihaela Robila - 316-02 - Family Life Education in Thailand
- By Catherine Solheim
- 316-03 - Family Life Education in Taiwan
By Shann Hwa Hwang - 316-04 - GLOBAL FAMILIES: Experiences of exchange students and their host families
By Karen Myers-Bowman, Isaac CJ Falcon-Campos
Co-chairs: Alan C. Taylor, Mihaela Robila
Abstract(s)
This symposium is designed to examine how Family Life Education is designed, delivered and practiced across the globe. First, the concept of “culture” will be re-examined to help family life educators understand the importance and complexities that come with it when providing international family programing. Then scholars/FLEs from four distinct countries (Indonesia, Ecuador, Thailand, & Taiwan) will each discuss the current state of family life education practices that exist within their borders and the successes and challenges that come with today’s programming.
Objectives
1. To help family life educators understand the importance and complexities that come with providing international family programing. 2. To provide an overview of various family life education practices in four different international countries (Indonesia, Ecuador, Thailand & Taiwan) 3. To re-examine and reconceptualize an exisiting FLE Best Practice Model to better represent the multi-level variations of culture as it is associated with internatonal family life education.
Global Families: Experiences of exchange students and their host families
It is estimated that 100,000 students around the world study abroad at the high school level each year. There is a large gap in our understanding of the experiences and impacts related to the family context of high school student exchange participation. We begin to fill that void by examining the meaning and essence of the lived experiences of international high school exchange students and their host families. Interviews were held with 62 former exchange students and 36 host family members in Denmark, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Turkey and the USA. Qualitative results are presented with implications for family professionals.
Objectives
1) Participants will learn the impact of international high school exchange programs on the students. 2) Participants will learn the impact of international high school exchange programs on the host families. 3) Participants will be able to identify the role of the family professional in serving these families.
