Family changes in European perspective
General data
Course ID: | WSE-PS-FCiEP |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
(unknown)
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(0923) Social work and counselling
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Course title: | Family changes in European perspective |
Name in Polish: | Family changes in European perspective |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences |
Course groups: |
Courses at UKSW |
Course homepage: | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3aMQeL_d2OJBI-HbeX2aphE1qZYlDRmEJADpNSd2pvd8k1%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=356a2e4c-6bd3-4e37-8bf7-59be2ff4b742&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3 |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
6.00
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Language: | English |
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się: | sociology |
Subject level: | elementary |
Learning outcome code/codes: | enter learning outcome code/codes |
Preliminary Requirements: | Ability to communicate and present content in English |
Short description: |
This course will examine the changes and differences in family behaviors and household relationships from a demographic and sociologic perspective. We will discuss the demographic perspective on family change and variation, review the broad trends in family transitions and structures, introduce theoretical perspectives on union formation and family change, and discuss the difficulty of making causal inferences in family research. We will then look in detail at some of the major-specific changes that are occurring in the life course, the process of entering a coupled relationship, decisions concerning marriage, and parent-child relationships. In this course, we will focus on family in Europe (especially in the European Union) |
Full description: |
1. The demographic outlook for Europe focused on family changes: population changes, trends of family changes by country 2. Theories of the family in historical roots of key concepts of kinship and family in sociology 3. Family types and structures in Europe: different types of family across the EU, distribution of work in households 4. Individualization, intimacy, and Family life 5. Standards of living in European families: economic strain, household debt, housing insecurity, deprivation 6. Work and work-life balance in families across Europe: work preferences, work-life conflict, access to childcare services, work-life challenges across generations 7. New motherhood and new parenting: child care and new family forms 8. Parenting practices and values 9. Life satisfaction and happiness in European families: income satisfaction, optimism about the future, mental well-being 10. Families and ageing societies: 11. Relation between generations: the population of older people in the European Union, future trends in ageing, participation in society 12. Family policies in EU countries, a comparative analysis 13-15. Students project - presentation |
Bibliography: |
Deborah-Chambers, A Sociology of Family Life, Polity-Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015 James Fulcher, John Scott, Sociology, 4th Edition, Oxford 2012 Earl Babbie, Introduction to Social Research, 5th Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Belmont USA, 2011 Andrew J. Cherlin, The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family Today, New York Knopf, 2009 V. Bengtson et al. (eds.), Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005 Ron Lesthaeghe, The second demographic transition in Western countries: An interpretation. In K. Oppenheim Jason, & A.-M. Jensen (Eds.), Gender and family change in industrialized countries (pp. 17-62). Oxford Clarendon Press, 1995 Casper Lynne, Family Demography, in George Ritzer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell, 2007 Active ageing and solidarity between generations, A statistical portrait of the European Union 2012, Eurostat Statistical books 2012 Ageing Europe LOOKING AT THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EU 2020 Edition, Statistical Books, Eurostat 2020 B. Janta, Caring for children in Europe, RAND EUROPE, UE 2014 European Demographic Data Sheet 2020 Key findings, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/data/demographic-data-sheets/european-demographic-data-sheet-2020 E. Milovidov, PARENTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE Positive parenting strategies for different scenarios, Council of Europe, https://www.coe.int/en/web/children M. Kawinska, Older People on the Labour Market ― Activation and Deactivation, in K. Śledzińska ed. Responsibility – Participation – Conscious Citizenship The Dilemmas of Global Education, WWS, Warszawa 2018, pp. 133-146 M. Kawinska, Contemporary Parenting in the Face of Social Changes in the Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, in Socialinis ugdymas, 2017, t. 47, Nr. 3, pp. 77- 88. M. Kawinska, Ageing and the silver economy – challenges and opportunities for social policy in Poland, in NIER National Institute for Economic Research nr. 3/2017, Chisinau 2017, pp. 84-91 |
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS: |
(in Polish) By the end of this course, students should be able to: Benefit from the research literature on family studies; Recognize, define, and understand theoretical and methodological approaches to studying diverse families changes from a sociological perspective; Identify problems and frame research questions related to the study of the family changes; Examine families changes sociologically from a European and cross-cultural perspective; Apply course concepts to your own life experiences; Demonstrate recognition and openness regarding diversity in family changes, Increase ability to work productively as a part of a team group; |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
The majority of your grade will be based on evidence of your knowledge, comprehension, and analysis of course materials Class participation is obligatory (no more than 2 absences) The leadership of discussion 43% Home tasks 25% Final project - presentation 32% Very good grade (5) = 91% and more Good grade (4) = 81% - 90% Satisfactory grade (3)= 70% - 80% |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)
Time span: | 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31 |
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MO TU WYK_MON
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Type of class: |
Monographic lecture, 30 hours, 16 places
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Coordinators: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Group instructors: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Course homepage: | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3amKkQso9DJ5Ae_-OnGhycO9p0C48qIBUtLR8MDgcfQjE1%40thread.tacv2/Og%25C3%25B3lny?groupId=a8a3cff4-37d9-4785-b966-2e0a32421a9e&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3 | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
examination
Monographic lecture - examination |
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Type of subject: | obligatory |
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(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych: | (in Polish) nie dotyczy |
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Short description: |
This course will examine the changes and differences in family behaviors and household relationships from a demographic and sociologic perspective. We will discuss the demographic perspective on family change and variation, review the broad trends in family transitions and structures, introduce theoretical perspectives on union formation and family change, and discuss the difficulty of making causal inferences in family research. We will then look in detail at some of the major-specific changes that are occurring in the life course, the process of entering a coupled relationship, decisions concerning marriage, and parent-child relationships. In this course, we will focus on family in Europe (especially in the European Union) |
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Full description: |
1. The demographic outlook for Europe focused on family changes: population changes, trends of family changes by country 2. Theories of the family in historical roots of key concepts of kinship and family in sociology 3. Family types and structures in Europe: different types of family across the EU, distribution of work in households 4. Individualization, intimacy, and Family life 5. Standards of living in European families: economic strain, household debt, housing insecurity, deprivation 6. Work and work-life balance in families across Europe: work preferences, work-life conflict, access to childcare services, work-life challenges across generations 7. New motherhood and new parenting: child care and new family forms 8. Parenting practices and values 9. Life satisfaction and happiness in European families: income satisfaction, optimism about the future, mental well-being 10. Families and ageing societies: 11. Relation between generations: the population of older people in the European Union, future trends in ageing, participation in society 12. Family policies in EU countries, a comparative analysis 13-15. Students project - presentation |
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Bibliography: |
Required readings - Textbook Deborah-Chambers, A Sociology of Family Life, Polity-Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015 James Fulcher, John Scott, Sociology, 4th Edition, Oxford 2012 Recommended readings Earl Babbie, Introduction to Social Research, 5th Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Belmont USA, 2011 Andrew J. Cherlin, The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family Today, New York Knopf, 2009 V. Bengtson et al. (eds.), Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005 Ron Lesthaeghe, The second demographic transition in Western countries: An interpretation. In K. Oppenheim Jason, & A.-M. Jensen (Eds.), Gender and family change in industrialized countries (pp. 17-62). Oxford Clarendon Press, 1995 Casper Lynne, Family Demography, in George Ritzer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell, 2007 Active ageing and solidarity between generations, A statistical portrait of the European Union 2012, Eurostat Statistical books 2012 Ageing Europe LOOKING AT THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EU 2020 Edition, Statistical Books, Eurostat 2020 B. Janta, Caring for children in Europe, RAND EUROPE, UE 2014 European Demographic Data Sheet 2020 Key findings, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/data/demographic-data-sheets/european-demographic-data-sheet-2020 E. Milovidov, PARENTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE Positive parenting strategies for different scenarios, Council of Europe, https://www.coe.int/en/web/children M. Kawinska, Older People on the Labour Market ― Activation and Deactivation, in K. Śledzińska ed. Responsibility – Participation – Conscious Citizenship The Dilemmas of Global Education, WWS, Warszawa 2018, pp. 133-146 M. Kawinska, Contemporary Parenting in the Face of Social Changes in the Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, in Socialinis ugdymas, 2017, t. 47, Nr. 3, pp. 77- 88. M. Kawinska, Ageing and the silver economy – challenges and opportunities for social policy in Poland, in NIER National Institute for Economic Research nr. 3/2017, Chisinau 2017, pp. 84-91 |
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Wymagania wstępne: |
This lecture will be conducted online - on the Teams and Moodle platform (materials) |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)
Time span: | 2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31 |
Navigate to timetable
MO TU W WYK_MON
TH FR |
Type of class: |
Monographic lecture, 30 hours, 15 places
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Coordinators: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Group instructors: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Course homepage: | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3aMQeL_d2OJBI-HbeX2aphE1qZYlDRmEJADpNSd2pvd8k1%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=356a2e4c-6bd3-4e37-8bf7-59be2ff4b742&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3 | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
examination
Monographic lecture - examination |
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(in Polish) E-Learning: | (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy |
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Type of subject: | obligatory |
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(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych: | (in Polish) nie dotyczy |
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Short description: |
This course will examine the changes and differences in family behaviors and household relationships from a demographic and sociologic perspective. We will discuss the demographic perspective on family change and variation, review the broad trends in family transitions and structures, introduce theoretical perspectives on union formation and family change, and discuss the difficulty of making causal inferences in family research. We will then look in detail at some of the major-specific changes that are occurring in the life course, the process of entering a coupled relationship, decisions concerning marriage, and parent-child relationships. In this course, we will focus on family in Europe (especially in the European Union) |
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Full description: |
1. The demographic outlook for Europe focused on family changes: population changes, trends of family changes by country 2. Theories of the family in historical roots of key concepts of kinship and family in sociology 3. Family types and structures in Europe: different types of families across the EU, distribution of work in households 4. Individualization, intimacy, and Family life 5. Standards of living in European families: economic strain, household debt, housing insecurity, deprivation 6. Work and work-life balance in families across Europe: work preferences, work-life conflict, access to childcare services, work-life challenges across generations 7. New motherhood and new parenting: child care and new family forms 8. Parenting practices and values 9. Life satisfaction and happiness in European families: income satisfaction, optimism about the future, mental well-being 10. Families and ageing societies: 11. Relation between generations: the population of older people in the European Union, future trends in ageing, participation in society 12. Family policies in EU countries, a comparative analysis 13-15. Students' project - presentation |
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Bibliography: |
Required readings - Textbook Deborah-Chambers, A Sociology of Family Life, Polity-Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015 James Fulcher, John Scott, Sociology, 4th Edition, Oxford 2012 Recommended readings Earl Babbie, Introduction to Social Research, 5th Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Belmont USA, 2011 Andrew J. Cherlin, The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family Today, New York Knopf, 2009 V. Bengtson et al. (eds.), Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005 Ron Lesthaeghe, The second demographic transition in Western countries: An interpretation. In K. Oppenheim Jason, & A.-M. Jensen (Eds.), Gender and family change in industrialized countries (pp. 17-62). Oxford Clarendon Press, 1995 Casper Lynne, Family Demography, in George Ritzer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell, 2007 Active ageing and solidarity between generations, A statistical portrait of the European Union 2012, Eurostat Statistical books 2012 Ageing Europe LOOKING AT THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EU 2020 Edition, Statistical Books, Eurostat 2020 B. Janta, Caring for children in Europe, RAND EUROPE, UE 2014 European Demographic Data Sheet 2020 Key findings, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/data/demographic-data-sheets/european-demographic-data-sheet-2020 E. Milovidov, PARENTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE Positive parenting strategies for different scenarios, Council of Europe, https://www.coe.int/en/web/children M. Kawinska, Older People on the Labour Market ― Activation and Deactivation, in K. Śledzińska ed. Responsibility – Participation – Conscious Citizenship The Dilemmas of Global Education, WWS, Warszawa 2018, pp. 133-146 M. Kawinska, Contemporary Parenting in the Face of Social Changes in the Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, in Socialinis ugdymas, 2017, t. 47, Nr. 3, pp. 77- 88. M. Kawinska, Ageing and the silver economy – challenges and opportunities for social policy in Poland, in NIER National Institute for Economic Research nr. 3/2017, Chisinau 2017, pp. 84-91 |
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Wymagania wstępne: |
This lecture will be conducted online - on the Teams and Moodle platform (materials) |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31 |
Navigate to timetable
MO TU W WYK_MON
TH FR |
Type of class: |
Monographic lecture, 30 hours, 7 places
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Coordinators: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Group instructors: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Course homepage: | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3aChklVjHy29ifsvl4-W4fXzqF5GjaiwxKD2UUnHE8vUo1%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=c4b492de-fc64-4ead-8040-e15c83708247&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3 | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
examination
Monographic lecture - examination |
|
(in Polish) E-Learning: | (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy |
|
Type of subject: | obligatory |
|
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych: | (in Polish) nie dotyczy |
|
Short description: |
This course will examine the changes and differences in family behaviors and household relationships from a demographic and sociologic perspective. We will discuss the demographic perspective on family change and variation, review the broad trends in family transitions and structures, introduce theoretical perspectives on union formation and family change, and discuss the difficulty of making causal inferences in family research. We will then look in detail at some of the major-specific changes that are occurring in the life course, the process of entering a coupled relationship, decisions concerning marriage, and parent-child relationships. In this course, we will focus on family in Europe (especially in the European Union) |
|
Full description: |
1. The demographic outlook for Europe focused on family changes: population changes, trends of family changes by country 2. Theories of the family in historical roots of key concepts of kinship and family in sociology 3. Family types and structures in Europe: different types of families across the EU, distribution of work in households 4. Individualization, intimacy, and Family life 5. Standards of living in European families: economic strain, household debt, housing insecurity, deprivation 6. Work and work-life balance in families across Europe: work preferences, work-life conflict, access to childcare services, work-life challenges across generations 7. New motherhood and new parenting: child care and new family forms 8. Parenting practices and values 9. Life satisfaction and happiness in European families: income satisfaction, optimism about the future, mental well-being 10. Families and ageing societies: 11. Relation between generations: the population of older people in the European Union, future trends in ageing, participation in society 12. Family policies in EU countries, a comparative analysis 13-15. Students' project - presentation |
|
Bibliography: |
Required readings - Textbook Deborah-Chambers, A Sociology of Family Life, Polity-Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015 James Fulcher, John Scott, Sociology, 4th Edition, Oxford 2012 Recommended readings Earl Babbie, Introduction to Social Research, 5th Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Belmont USA, 2011 Andrew J. Cherlin, The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family Today, New York Knopf, 2009 V. Bengtson et al. (eds.), Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005 Ron Lesthaeghe, The second demographic transition in Western countries: An interpretation. In K. Oppenheim Jason, & A.-M. Jensen (Eds.), Gender and family change in industrialized countries (pp. 17-62). Oxford Clarendon Press, 1995 Casper Lynne, Family Demography, in George Ritzer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell, 2007 Active ageing and solidarity between generations, A statistical portrait of the European Union 2012, Eurostat Statistical books 2012 Ageing Europe LOOKING AT THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EU 2020 Edition, Statistical Books, Eurostat 2020 B. Janta, Caring for children in Europe, RAND EUROPE, UE 2014 European Demographic Data Sheet 2020 Key findings, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/data/demographic-data-sheets/european-demographic-data-sheet-2020 E. Milovidov, PARENTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE Positive parenting strategies for different scenarios, Council of Europe, https://www.coe.int/en/web/children M. Kawinska, Older People on the Labour Market ― Activation and Deactivation, in K. Śledzińska ed. Responsibility – Participation – Conscious Citizenship The Dilemmas of Global Education, WWS, Warszawa 2018, pp. 133-146 M. Kawinska, Contemporary Parenting in the Face of Social Changes in the Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, in Socialinis ugdymas, 2017, t. 47, Nr. 3, pp. 77- 88. M. Kawinska, Ageing and the silver economy – challenges and opportunities for social policy in Poland, in NIER National Institute for Economic Research nr. 3/2017, Chisinau 2017, pp. 84-91 |
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Wymagania wstępne: |
This lecture will be conducted online - on the Teams and Moodle platform (materials) |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)
Time span: | 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-31 |
Navigate to timetable
MO TU W TH FR |
Type of class: |
Monographic lecture, 30 hours
|
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Coordinators: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Group instructors: | Martyna Kawińska | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
examination
Monographic lecture - examination |
|
Type of subject: | obligatory |
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(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych: | (in Polish) nie dotyczy |
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