CHFD350

Week 2 Philosophy Statement - Due May 17, 2026 11:55 PM

CHFD350 I001 Spring 2026

After completing this week's readings, please respond to the questions

below. Create your philosophy statement in a word document and

upload the document as an attachment. Your response must be

between 500-600 words and be supported by 2 APA formatted

references with corresponding citations (academic peer-reviewed

journal articles only - no websites or class resources - Sources cannot

be older than 10 years). Please see the grading below.

Building a working philosophy statement of family life

education. (Note: this assignment is taken from the Required Reading

listed below.)

Follow the guidelines below and design your own working philosophy

of family life education. Address the questions in your discussion.

(Duncan, S. F., & Goddard, H. W. 2011 p. 24)

• What are my beliefs about the family and the nature and quality of

family life and the human experience?

• What is a "family" (provide an objective, not subjective, definition)?

How important are families? What values do I hold regarding families

and the human experience? What does it mean to be human?

• What are my beliefs about the purpose of FLE?

• What is the nature of FLE? What value does FLE have in com-

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munities? Is it to provide insight, skills, and knowledge? Is it to

change behavior? How "interventionist" should FLE be?

• What are my beliefs about the content of FLE?

• Of what value is university-based theory and research to families? Of

what value is the lived experience of individuals, families, and

communities, and how can it become part of the content of FLE? How

do my personal values regarding families and the human experience

influence the content I select?

• What are my beliefs about the process of learning for families in

outreach settings?

• How do individuals and families learn most effectively? What

teaching strategies have the greatest impact? How important are

learning goals and evaluation in these processes? What assumptions

do I hold about learners?

Remember: a philosophy statement IS NOT simply a series of

questions and answers - see the philosophy statement link in the

second sentence of the assignment instructions for guidance on how to

write an effective philosophy statement.

GRADING:

Please see the grading rubric for information on how your

assignment will be graded.

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Week 2 Philosophy Statement

Due May 17 at 11:55 PM

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Week 7 Parent Education 101 - Due Jun 21, 2026 11:55 PM

CHFD350 I001 Spring 2026

Design a Proposal for a Family Life Education Experience (Be

sure to include each of the elements listed below).

Remember, you should construct this proposal like you're

presenting it to potential funders. As such, be thorough

(program overview, specifics about how the program will

operate, specific outcomes and activities, a realistic funding

plan, and a realistic assessment plan based upon what you've

learned in this course). Your proposal should be written in

essay format - do not use a list of bullet points.

Choose one of the 10 FLE content areas, and design an educational

program that addresses that area (remember, this assignment should

be submitted as an actual proposal, not simply a series of

questions/answers). Don't forget, you must defend your decisions

with empirical support. The 10 Family Life Education content areas can

be found here. Provide a description of program, including these

topics:

What FLE content area are you addressing?

Of all the needs that families and individual have, why did you

choose this topic?

Why do you feel there is a need for this kind of program

(provide data to support this need)?

Provide a program overview.

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Can you point to any similar existing programs (you must

discuss at least one)? How will yours be different or better?

Goals of the Program: what do you hope participants gain by

participating? Remember, goals must be specific and

measurable.

Target audience: families, kids, teachers, siblings?

Why do you think this is the right audience?

Format: face-to-face meetings (one or more?), online, phone,

booklet, blog, newsletter, video?

Why do you think this is the right format? Provide

research to support this decision.

What topics will you cover? Provide research to support their

inclusion?

What kinds of people can you enlist to help you make this

program stronger?

What kind of funding will you need? Who might provide that

funding? You cannot say you'll use grants or government

support. This must be a realistic funding plan.

What do you think the strengths of your program will be? What

will the weaknesses be?

After the program is over, how will you assess if it met its

goals?

Be sure your paper is between 1200-1300 words (no more, no less),

uses at least 3 academic journal articles as support, and is formatted

in APA style. Sources cannot be older than 10 years.

Please see the grading rubric for information on how your assignment will be graded.

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Week 7 Parent Education 101

Due June 21 at 11:55 PM

CHFD350 Week 7: Parent Education Grading Rubric

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