Stage 6 Preliminary Community & Family Studies
Families and Communities 2
Family 2
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[Core 3: Families and Communities – Lesson 2]
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Contents
Outcomes
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Roles individuals adopt within families
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Outcomes
Preliminary Core: Families and Communities
By completing this core, students are working towards achieving the following outcomes.
A student:
P1.1
describes the contribution an individual’s experiences, values, attitudes and beliefs make
to the development of goals
P1.2
proposes effective solutions to resource problems
P2.2
describes the role of the family and other groups in the socialisation of individuals
P2.4
analyses the interrelationship between internal and external factors and their impact on
family functioning
P3.1
explains the changing nature of families and communities in contemporary society
P3.2
analyses the significance of gender in defining roles and relationships
P4.1
utilises research methodology appropriate to the study of social issues
P4.2
presents information in written, oral and graphic form
P6.1
distinguishes those action that enhance wellbeing
This week:
Students Learn About:
roles individuals adopt within families
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satisfying specific needs
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building relationships
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promoting wellbeing
Students Learn To:
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outline the roles within families
analyse how different family structures
can influence the roles individuals
adopt
Students are highly recommended to:
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Keep a glossary of key terminology to enhance your understanding of concepts,
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Make summary notes as you progress throughout the course,
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Roles individuals adopt within families
Read pages 75-77 and 80 in your CAFS text before completing the following activities.
Families are not democracies. Each family has its own way of deciding who has the authority
within the family, and which rights, privileges, obligations, and roles are assigned to each individual
in the family. If a family structure is to work effectively everyone will need to play a role. The roles
can be quite diverse such as feeding the dog, picking up a younger sibling from school, working to
provide money for the family, caring for the children when they are sick.
Activity 1
1.
Think about the different roles within your family. Complete the mind map to show the roles
within your family.
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It is useful to consider what roles each family member takes within the family, and whether
everyone is satisfied with the current arrangement. Think about who is responsible for what within
your own family and the overall purpose of this role.
2.
List the roles you have within your family.
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According to the syllabus the roles individuals adopt within families address three areas.
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satisfying specific needs
building relationships
promoting wellbeing
Once basic needs have been met there are a range of specific needs that need to be satisfied. These
specific needs will vary from family to family depending on the family situation and structure.
Specific needs could include education, employment, health, safety and security, and sense of
identity.
Building relationships and promoting wellbeing are important roles within the family and often
require effort from all family members. There are often disagreements within families and often
across generations.
Activity 2
Read the example below and outline who you think is responsible for building the relationship.
1.
A child may think they have too many chores to complete around the house and this can cause
friction.
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Activity 3
1.
Complete the table by writing the roles you have within your family next to the correct
syllabus role. For example doing the food shopping would be a role that satisfies a specific
need.
Syllabus roles
My roles
satisfying specific needs
building relationships
promoting wellbeing
2.
Describe how wellbeing is promoted in your family.
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3.
Outline a strategy that could be used to improve the wellbeing of your family.
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Activity 4
Family structures can impact the roles individuals adopt within families.
1.
List the different family structures.
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2.
You have identified roles you have within your own family. How would these roles differ if
you lived in a different family structure?
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Activity 5
Creating a scaffold will help when planning for a question that requires an in depth response. A
scaffold allows you to progressively build and plan your response in stages with clear direction.
Consider the following question and scaffold.
Question: Analyse how different family structures can influence the roles individuals adopt.
This question requires a detailed and structured response. It requires you to carefully plan your
response.
Analyse – identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications.
Scaffold:
Topic to be analysed:
Points to note:
Family structures, adoptive, blended, childless, de facto, extended.
Roles individuals adopt within families, this includes roles that focus on satisfying
specific needs, building relationships and promoting wellbeing.
Statement of topic
taken from the
question.
Point 1
It is important that individuals within a foster family adopt roles that focus on building
relationships and promoting wellbeing.
Explain
A foster family needs to be emotionally supportive of a child’s situation. Foster children
have to deal with being separated from their parents, siblings and other relatives. They
may also be dealing with other sensitive issues such as abuse or neglect.
Example
A foster parent needs to be aware of a child’s unique situation and provide opportunities
for a foster child or children to develop skills and enhance wellbeing. This could be
achieved by introducing a child to other children or organising a social group.
Link
Whilst building relationships and promoting wellbeing is important to foster families it
may not be as significant to other family structures, such as a sole parent family.
Point 2
A sole parent family consists of a parent living together with one or more children. This
family structure is at higher risk of disadvantage in terms of income, employment, housing
and social participation. This family may adopt roles that focus on satisfying specific
needs such as adequate standard of living, employment, health and education.
Explain
A sole parent may experience difficult financial circumstances relying on only one
income. As a result they may have to work more than one job or rely on government
assistance.
Example
Sole parents are typically time poor having to manage and provide for a family. Children
of this family structure may be expected to complete more tasks around the house such as
cooking or cleaning to assist their parent.
Link
Unlike sole parents, foster families gain approval from the Department of Community
Services to foster children and this is usually because they are able to meet children’s
needs without financial strain. This difference in the two family structures impacts on the
roles individuals adopt within the families.
Conclusion
All family structures will work towards meeting specific needs, building relationships and
promoting wellbeing. However, the type of family structure will impact on the emphasis
place on each of those roles.
Choose two or
more family
structures to be
analysed.
Topic sentence at
the beginning of
each paragraph
followed by
explanation and
examples to
illustrate each
component.
Use linking words
between each point
such as therefore,
thus, as a result,
leading to, in order
to illustrate the
relationship
between each of the
components.
Identifying and
explaining the
relationship
between the
various
components is
essential in
answering these
questions.
The implications of
the relationship
(what
happens/what
effect it has) can be
dealt with in each
of the paragraphs
or as a concluding
paragraph.
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1.
Complete your own scaffold below using your own choice of family structures and your own
words. You may need more space to plan your response particularly if you have more than
two points. Attach any additional planning to the back of this title page.
Analyse how different family structures can influence the roles individuals adopt.
Topic to be analysed:
Points to note:
Family structures, adoptive, blended, childless, de facto, extended.
Roles individuals adopt within families, this includes roles that focus on satisfying
specific needs, building relationships and promoting wellbeing.
Statement of topic
taken from the
question.
Point 1
Choose two or more
family structures to
be analysed.
Explain
Example
Link
Point 2
Explain
Example
Link
Topic sentence at the
beginning of each
paragraph followed
by explanation and
examples to illustrate
each component.
Use linking words
between each point
such as therefore,
thus, as a result,
leading to, in order to
illustrate the
relationship between
each of the
components.
Identifying and
explaining the
relationship between
the various
components is
essential in
answering these
questions.
The implications of
the relationship
(what happens/what
effect it has) can be
dealt with in each of
the paragraphs or as
a concluding
paragraph.
Conclusion
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2.
Using your scaffold analyse how different family structures can influence the roles
individuals adopt.
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