EDUC 181 Final Exam Study Guide Rated A+

EDUC 181 Final Exam Study Guide Rated A+ Diversity describes the variety of dynamic and evolving backgrounds and contexts that people experience Examples of diverse backgrounds and contexts -ability and disability -customs and traditions -gender/gender identity -political ideology -sexual orientation Working with families effectively requires the ability to read social cues, to interpret behavior, to understand context and to identify potential sources of strength and stress Family Life Educators Code of Ethics -respect all cultural beliefs, backgrounds and differences -support diverse family values Family Structure the organization of a family unit -includes form, family composition and operational rules or patterns Family Composition the makeup of its members Nuclear families families that consist of a father, mother and children, often with clearly defined gender roles Gender roles expectations of what males and females do Binuclear families two families consisting of married or partnered parents who share a common child -typically occurs when parents divorce and remarry Conditionally separated families consist of two adults who are temporarily separated due to external factors Polyamorous families consist of two or more adults, where all partners retain the option fo openly becoming involved in intimate, sexual and committed relationships with more than one person Polygamous families marriage occurs to more than one person simultaneously Transnational families families whose immediate members live in more than one country Gender role statistics 56% of households consist of two working parents, 36% consist of a working father and stay-at-home mother and 7% of a working mother and stay-at-home father Marital satisfaction and overall wellbeing is mostly due to agreeing that each partner's roles are equal and fair Culture similarities within groups - unpublished book of rules and options that dictates much of how we live our lives