10cp

Marriage and Relationship Education

Prerequisites SOCG102 Introduction to Family Studies OR SOCG103 Historical Perspectives on the Family.
Teaching Organisation A variety of formats will be used, including lectures, workshops, seminars and group work.

The unit focuses on practical training in marriage and relationship education strategies. It begins with a brief history of the development of marriage and relationship education and the varied theoretical approaches that have been developed. Current debates over theoretical approaches to program development and delivery and to evaluation are briefly reviewed. Recent research on cohabitation as a preferred preparation for marriage is reviewed. Students are taught the basics of using pre-marriage inventories and some strategies of leading pre-marriage education groups.

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