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Educational Needs Of Families In Turkey
discussion and vital event analysis. Since each one of these methods has specific advan-
tages and limits, several of them must be used together.
Family education refers to educational attempts to support family members and
family life for developing and strengthening family. In other words, family education
refers to offering educational and other practice opportunities through which family
members will acquire necessary information and skills in order to increase life quality of
the families.
Another important purpose in family education is to prevent problems in family.
Families can be trained about the main matters, which can lead to problems in family
life. In this way, families can be provided with information and skills which will make
contribution to families in overcoming these kinds of problems. In this way, problems
can be prevented within family to a great degree and an awareness level, by which
problems can be solved without reaching serious dimensions, can be formed.
Topics on which family educations focused in studies for families throughout the
world are collected under the titles below.
1. Family and Individual in Social Context: Relations of the family with other
institutions.
2. Internal Dynamics of the Family: Understanding strong and weak sides of the
family as well as the relationships among family members.
3. Lifelong Development of the Individual: Understanding lifelong developmental
changes of the family members.
4. Sexuality: Understanding lifelong sexual development physiologically, psychologically
and socially.
5. Interpersonal Relations: Understanding development and maintainability of
interpersonal relations.
6. Parent Training: Understanding influence of the family on their children from
all ages and how to provide training and guidance for their children.
7. Family Law and Public Order: Comprehending legal definition of the family
and laws influential on family status.