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Education for family life in Australia
Smyth, Bruce M. Hunter, Cathryn Macvean, Michelle Walter, Maggie Higgins, Daryl J.
Smyth, Bruce M.
Hunter, Cathryn
Macvean, Michelle
Walter, Maggie
Higgins, Daryl J.
Abstract
Family life education is neither a formal discipline nor a formally recognized vocation in Australia. Rather, it comprises a loose amalgam of programs, services, and policies—with little reliable evaluation data to guide its activities. Education for family life in Australia has a complex disjointed story, characterized by a marked decline in couple relationship education, on the one hand, and an expansion of parenting education on the other. Our central argument is that supporting and enriching couple relationships is critical to successful parenting. Yet Australian policy—possibly reflecting broader cultural and attitudinal barriers—appears to neglect this important nexus.
Keywords
family life education, couple relation education, parenting programs, premarital education, family policy, policy evaluation
Date
2018
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Book chapter
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Global perspectives on family life education
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Page Range
93-113
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ACU Department
Institute of Child Protection Studies
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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