Family Adult Education /Andragogy

Pre-requisites: Passed exam: Social andragogy

Course objectives: Developing knowledge and skills for research of family education phenomenon and application of educational programmes for development of parenthood and fulfillment of educational function of family.

Course description: Theoretical course: Education as a family phenomenon; Subject and research domains of The Theory of Family Education; Upbringing, education and socialization as family processes; Parenting roles and models in educational parent-child relation; Different theoretical approaches in educational programs for family, marriage and parenting; Systematic approach to the family as a frame of educational intervention; Values, goals, effects and evaluation of educational interventions in family system; Educational needs of particular target groups of parents (foster families, adoptive, with one parent, families with unsocial child, with children with handicap, minor marriages); Practical course – workshops: Family life organization as educational context; Mechanisms of family functioning as educational means; Models of family education as a result of marriage and parenting relations; Models of educational parent-child relation; Accepting the child and techniques for parent-child relation improvement.

Learning Outcomes: Student: is familiar with particular mechanisms of family functioning through which its educational function is being fulfilled; is able to apply educational programmes for parenting competences development, problems prevention and support to family development.

Literature/Reading:

• Medić, S. (1993). Obrazovanje i socijalizacija odraslih. Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, odabrana poglavlja.
• Medić, S., Matejić-Đuričić, Z., Vlaović-Vasiljević, D. (1997). Škola za roditelje - Socio-edukativni program za porodicu. Beograd: IPA.
• Medić, S. (2007). Teorija porodičnog vaspitanja – tačke ukrštanja na putu razvoja pedagogije i andragogije. Andragogija na početku trećeg milenijuma, Beograd: IPA, str. 223-237.
• Gordon, T. (1997). Umeće roditeljstva, Beograd, odabrana poglavlja
• Golubović, Z. (1981). Porodica kao ljudska zajednica, Zagreb, odabrana poglavlja.
• Goldner-Vukov, M. (1988). Porodica u krizi, Beograd, odabrana poglavlja
• Milić, A. (2001). Sociologija porodice. Beograd: Čigoja štampa. odabrana poglavlja