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Approaches to studying

Approaches to studying. the Individual and the Family Unit 1 Chapter 2. Why study this?. We start with a lot of information about families. We all have experiences, beliefs, attitudes, opinions, feelings… What we know is often flawed and not necessarily accurate.

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Approaches to studying

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  1. Approaches to studying the Individual and the Family Unit 1 Chapter 2

  2. Why study this? • We start with a lot of information about families. • We all have experiences, beliefs, attitudes, opinions, feelings… • What we know is often flawed and not necessarily accurate. • Believing something doesn’t make it true. • The study of a subject helps us to understand it, answer questions, and find solutions.

  3. Common Preconceptions • Our knowledge of families makes us believe certain things. • What we know does not necessarily translate to a general reality. • Look at page 28. • What do you think of the Myths or Facts? • What do we learn from the data on pages 29 and 30? • What anxiety do we have: • with the future of family? • with family change?

  4. How to study the family? • Research is like a restaurant • The discipline is like the style of food you prepare… • Is it fast food, vegetarian, French cuisine? • Choose a discipline with your partners. (pages 31-35) • Create a poster for others to understand that discipline.

  5. The theory is like the style of kitchen in your restaurant. • Grill, oven-baked, micro-waved, fried? • Choose onetheoretical model with your partners. (pages 36-47) • Create a poster for others to understand those theories.

  6. Group Work - Posters • Groups of 3 • Each group will create an informational poster on either a topic, field, or theory.

  7. Poster Choices… Disciplines: Anthropology Psychology Sociology Family Studies

  8. Poster Choices Theories: Functionalism Systems Theory Symbolic Interactionism Exchange Theory The Life-Course Approach Conflict Theory Feminist Theory The Ecological Perspective

  9. What’s on the poster? • Title (name of topic, field (discipline) or theory) • Definition of discipline or theory • Point form characteristics (explanation) of the topic, field (discipline) or theory (10-20 points) • Who and\or when was the discipline or theory developed? • Example of a research question stemming from that topic, field (discipline) or theory. • Visuals (graph, cartoon, logo, diagram…) to help with understanding.

  10. Poster - Rubric

  11. Gallery Walk • Once all posters are completed, commit to a gallery walk and fill out the note sheet.

  12. Survey-study • You will complete a survey study on the topic of Individuals and the Family. • Refer to pages 49 to 54 in the course manual.

  13. In order to complete this survey study you will need to: • Choose a Discipline of Study  • Choose a Theoretical Model  • Formulate a Research Question  • Develop a Hypothesis  • Research past information – Statistics Canada • http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html • Select a research Method • Quantitative - Survey • Define a Sample Group  • Develop a Survey Questionnaire • 10 Questions • Collect Data  • Present the Data • Graphs • Abstract

  14. Research portfolio and report will be created and submitted. • Portfolio contains all work • Report contains clean copy of work with title page, table of contents, bulleted points above, the abstract, and the reference page.

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