Global Perspectives on Family Life Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Global Perspectives on Family Life Education: Introduction

   • Mihaela Robila, Alan C. Taylor

   Pages 1-14

3. Asia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Family Life Education in South Korea

      • Jaerim Lee, Seohee Son

      Pages 17-31

   3. Family Life Education in China

      • Yan Ruth Xia, Chun Zhang Creaser

      Pages 33-48

   4. Family Life Education in Taiwan

      • Shann Hwa Hwang

      Pages 49-62

   5. Opportunities for Family Life Education in Thailand

      • Catherine A. Solheim, Poonsuk Wachwithan

      Pages 63-73

   6. Family Life Education in India: Policies and Prospects

      • Rachana Bhangaokar, Niyati Pandya

      Pages 75-89

4. Australia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Education for Family Life in Australia

      • Bruce M. Smyth, Cathryn Hunter, Michelle Macvean, Maggie Walter, Daryl J. Higgins

      Pages 93-113

5. Africa

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Family Characteristics and Family Life Education in Algeria

      • Habib Tiliouine, Mustafa Achoui

      Pages 117-133

   3. Family Life Education Development, Implementation, and Evaluation in Tanzania

      • Rosemary W. Eustace, Tumaini M. Nyamhanga, Aisha I. Ghuhiya, Stella Emmanuel Mushy

      Pages 135-151

   4. Family Life Education in Kenya

      • Joan Kabaria-Muriithi, Lucy Kathuri-Ogola, Jane Rose Njue

      Pages 153-163

   5. Family Life Education: A Ghanaian Perspective

      • Gladys B. Asiedu, Ebenezer Donkor

      Pages 165-177

   6. South Africa: Family Life as the Mirror of a Society

      • Clara Gerhardt

      Pages 179-191

6. North America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Family Life Education in the United States

      • Sharon M. Ballard, Dawn Cassidy, Alan C. Taylor, Mihaela Robila

      Pages 195-215

   3. Social Programs on Family Life Education in Mexico

      • María Alejandra Salguero-Velázquez, Bruno Anuar Franyutti Jurado, Montserrat Soriano Chavero

      Pages 217-228

7. Caribbean

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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This expansive reference examines the many types of Family Life Education (FLE) programs being offered around the world, reflecting a myriad of cultures and contexts. Coverage identifies core FLE content areas including parenting education, human sexuality, and interpersonal relationships, and details their programming in various countries over six continents, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Contributors discuss complex challenges of program design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as connections between FLE and family prevention and intervention services. This knowledge is of great theoretical and practical utility across various fields, and is of particular interest to those developing programs for diverse populations.


This unique volume:

• Presents in-depth information on Family Life Education programs from different countries around the world.
  
• Discusses how the socio-historic, political, and economic context of a country impacts its families and family services and programs.
  
• Covers current topics including poverty, domestic violence, and immigration.
  
• Encourages best practices and thorough understanding of the country/region.
  
• Offers recommendations for family service providers.  
  

Global Perspectives on Family Life Education is a trove of vital knowledge benefitting scholars and researchers as well as professors, postgraduates, graduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners in the family sciences, family life education, family therapy, social work, child and family studies, psychology, sociology, social work, cultural studies, and urban studies.

• Family life education
• International family
• Family policies
• Family coaching
• FLE
• Family program development
• Family services
• Domestic violence
• Marital relations
• Gender roles
• International parenting
• Families

• Queens College, CUNY, Queens, USA

  Mihaela Robila

• East Carolina University, Greenville, USA

  Alan C. Taylor

Mihaela Robila, Ph.D., CFLE is Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York. Her scholarship is focused on family functioning and family policies in different countries. Besides writing numerous peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals, she also edited the “Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe” (2014, Springer), wrote a book on “Eastern European Immigrant Families” (2010; Routledge), and edited a book on “Families in Eastern Europe” (2004; Elsevier). Her work has been supported by funding from Fulbright Program, American Councils for International Education - U.S. Department of State, Spencer Foundation, Fahs Beck Fund for Research, Jacobs Foundation, among others. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association Divisions 52 - International Psychology, 43 – Society for Couple and Family Psychology, and 37-  Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice. She was awarded the Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award by the APA Division 43 – Society for Family Psychology. Dr. Robila has been  invited and participated to several United Nations (U.N.) Expert Group Meetings on families and family policies, and is the National Council on Family Relations representative at the U.N.


Alan C. Taylor, Ph.D., CFLE is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at East Carolina University. His scholarship is focused in three areas: family life education pedagogy, family theory and intergenerational relations – in particular, grandparent-grandchild relationships.  Besides writing numerous peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals and book chapters on family life education, family theory and intergenerational relationships, he also co-edited the book entitled “Family Life Education with Diverse Populations” (2012, Sage) with Dr. Sharon Ballard.

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