Chapter 6 Teaching Skills and Tools in Family Life Education

Question 1

FlEs must address the question…

Answer 1

what do people need to know about this topic?

Question 2

who usually has formed opinions about topics we address and have real life experiences to support them?

Answer 2

our audiences

Question 3

the best FLE info has the following elements

Answer 3

ideas are grounded in sound scholarship

ideas ring true, or fit with our values and instincts

ideas fit with and incorporate the knowledge, culture, expertise, and lived experiences of learners

ideas work in practice and real life

Question 4

FLE programs must be grounded in the latest, quality _____

Answer 4

scholarship

Question 5

the latest research is not simply the niftiest, trendiest ideas or based on a ____ _____

Answer 5

single study

Question 6

the most reliable and valid ideas for an outreach audience are those that …

Answer 6

can be summarized from a wide array of well conducted studies

Question 7

insistence upon a ______ ______ may likely be the single most important element that distinguishes professional FLEs from other persons committed to family strenghtening

Answer 7

scholarly base

Question 8

ideas presented should be both _____ and _______

Answer 8

theoretically and empirically sound

Question 9

principles are…

Answer 9

well tested and verified info that has been through a considerable amount of scientific research, involving more than one study or one researcher

Question 10

FLEs should conduct a scholarly review to seek to identify the _____ ideas or principles

Answer 10

teachable

Question 11

There is a ____ and ____ dimension to FLE about which many can agree, a sense of what is valuable or right and damaging or wrong for families

Answer 11

moral and ethical

Question 12

ideas when taught will carry some ____ and ____

Answer 12

passion and conviction

Question 13

FLEs must always be sensitive to …

Answer 13

how applicable that info is to the clientele

Question 14

until recently the majority of research was conducted with who? therefore generalizing that info to other populations may not be appropriate

Answer 14

white, middle class samples

Question 15

part of assessing the validity of an idea is to test it out in our …

Answer 15

own lives

Question 16

what strategy works for everyone?

Answer 16

NONE!

Question 17

formulating learning goals and objectives

Answer 17

knowledge - what do you want them to know? what is important?

caring - what changes do you want to see?

application - what behaviors do you want to change?

Question 18

group discussions

Answer 18

invites active involvement in the learning process; allows learners to clarify their thinking through making comments and through listening to the comments of others

structure
linking
summarizing
answer questions

Question 19

fish bowl

Answer 19

special adaptation of group discussion that provides the opportunity to learn empathy and understanding of another’s point of view

Question 20

buzz groups

Answer 20

several small groups within the larger groups allow participants to discuss an issue among themselves

usually less than 5 min
someone summarizes group discussion

Question 21

personal narrative

Answer 21

stories of life; grounds abstract principles in reality; stories have an emotional quality that reaches the heart of participants more quickly than didactic teaching can

Question 22

skills training

Answer 22

help participants gain skills through social learning methods

describe skill
model skill
practice skill
receive reinforcement and corrective feedback
use skill in real life

Question 23

family councils/ meeting

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provide an opportunity for clarifying family responsibilities and expectations; can be used to set goals, distribute household work, resolve family problems and celebrate successes

schedule regular time
talk about fun things too
set and follow agenda
come prepared
set and follow rules
limit to an hour and end positive

Question 24

role playing

Answer 24

technique to use when FLEs want participants to see how people would act in a given situation

Question 25

movie clips

Answer 25

students can identify or emphasize more easily with people in movies than they can with abstract concepts

Question 26

educational videos

Answer 26

can enhance teaching or program objectives

Question 27

what can be used as ice breakers?

Answer 27

music and pictures

books, plays, short stories

comic strips and cartoons

games

Question 28

homework

Answer 28

something to work on between sessions

Question 29

myth vs reality

Answer 29

correct mistaken perceptions about family issues

Question 30

learning contracts

Answer 30

participants create their own objectives and then consider what they need to do to accomplish them

Question 31

8 steps to creating a learning contract

Answer 31

where would I like to be?

what do I want to be able to do?

what will help me accomplish this objective?

how can I see evidence of my accomplishment?

who will validate my accomplishment?

review with FLE

carry out plan

evaluate learning