Education for family life in Australia

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

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77589-0_7

Education for family life in Australia

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

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global Perspectives on Family Life Education
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Pages	93-113
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319775890
ISBN (Print)	9783319775883
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77589-0_7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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