The Craft of Teaching About Families ― Strategies And Tools

Contributors of these 15 essays address the needs of family studies educators by describing their research in family law and family policy, family dynamics, and teaching techniques in family studies. They cover teaching how to write amicus curiae and policy briefs through family law and policy, using cooperative research teams in teaching family law and foster care, exploring students' beliefs about family policy, using advocacy skills education in family policy, involving marginalized families in shaping policies, studying the dynamics of fathers and daughters, teaching through service in parenting education, developing lessons about international families, employing an integrative approach in teaching about family resource management, conducting clinical training through role-playing, using small groups in a large introductory course, taking psychoeducational and preventative approaches to study psychological abuse, using process evaluation in teaching forgiveness, and applying service-learning in courses on family diversity. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)