Family Teams-&-Panels            ver.2.4 {in-class+}/{ Beebe-5e/6e/7e} \ last updated  3/2/16

 all due for presentation in class beginning on Mon 3/21<if possible>  & continuing on Weds 3/23 & (if nec.) Weds 3/30

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All presentations must include :

1. a vivid, interesting "gimmick"  {e.g. video clip, audio clip, pro-con debate, TV talk show, role play, etc.}

2. evidence of equal participation by all members of the team

3. explicit incorporation & explanation [in your-own-words] of relevant terms and concepts from Chapter 12 AND relevant material from other sources - such as Plummer's Principles To Remember-Family (PPTR-F) {click link} (remember, your team goal is to make a brief, specific &  scholarly  presentation which will illuminate and thoughtfully explore a particular dynamic about family communication)   (i.e. you are actually making a brief, specific &  scholarly presentation to illuminate and thoughtfully explore a dynamic about family communication)

Note: if you will need any additional presentation aid equipment,  be sure to contact your instructor about appropriate procedures.  The media center needs at least 48 hours notice.

 

Reminder: The goal of your presentation is a combination of...

(a) TEACHING your classmates about the importance of a designated  Chap. 12 concept, and

(b)DEMONSTRATING to your classmates how that  Family-related dynamic actually operates. These presentations will receive a group-grade in the "classwork" category.

The rest of the details are up to you. Use your creativity!

 

                TEAMS & TOPICS:  

 Panel discussion teams will need to submit a discussion agenda | Skit/Roleplay teams will need to submit  a "scene sketch" .

Team V W3/23-  Alexa  DeLouisa   /   Heather  Harris    /    Brian  Hennel    /  Jake  Biondi     /   tent: last minute volunteer-to-be-selected by Professor /   OUTLINE Pendng

  Panel Discussion Topic:  Family Deterioration:  see text: ques #1 - p.376  [TOP -of-page]  [[6th ed. = # 1 [BOTTOM-of-page] P.373]        [ 5th ed. = # 1 [TOP-of-page]  p. 379]

  click for the advance worksheet to be submitted to instructor (via email or in Prof's mailbox in FH45) [worksheet includes definition of panel presentation format]

Team W W3/23-- Saumya Bhati /   Shawn   Morrison  /   Anthony  Marotta  /   Mawuena Sedodo       OUTLINE Pendng

Panel Discussion Topic:  The Dynamics of Enculturation:  Explain, discuss & give examples for the following statement:: "Your family socializes you and the culture socializes your family. "

  click for the advance worksheet to be submitted to instructor (via email or in Prof's mailbox in FH45) [worksheet includes definition of panel presentation format]

Team  X W3/23tentative--  Sarah Auerbach     /    Iulia Vesel  /  Pat Bryson   /    tent: last minute volunteer-to-be-selected by Professor /    OUTLINE Pending

Panel Discussion Topic:  Family Withholding & Disclosure:  see text: ques #3 - p.376  [TOP -of-page]  [[6th ed. = # 3 [TOP-of-page] P.373]   [5th ed.= # 4  p. 379 ]

  click for the advance worksheet to be submitted to instructor (via email or in Prof's mailbox in FH45) [worksheet includes definition of panel presentation format]

  Team Y  W3/30-- -  Kelly  Outing   /   Bridget  Burns  /  Mitchell Oxner  /2 last minute volunteers-to-be-selected by Professor   SKIT WKSHT  Pending

  click for the advance worksheet to be submitted to instructor (via email or in Prof's mailbox in FH45)

Team Z   W3/30--    Shamah Devonish   /   Christina  Vitale   /   Matt Zeigafuse  /   2  last minute volunteers-to-be-selected by Professor     SKIT WKSHT Pemding

Skit/Role Play Topic:  Demonstrate (& explain) to us the 2 extremes of the on the Adaptability dimension of the Circumplex Model of Family Interaction [ i.e. the Chaotic<--> Rigid spectrum] NB: I have a poster of this model that you can use during your explanation

   click for the worksheet to be submitted to instructor (via email or in Prof's mailbox in FH45)

 REMINDER: Panel discussion teams will need to submit a discussion agenda. Skit/Roleplay teams will need to submit a "scene sketch"

  Some interesting Family Followup Questions from past semesters: if time, we also will discuss these items. Teams should be prepared.

- - all teams: What would you recommend as the EIGHTH PPTR-F?

 - V-deterioration etc.- Does it still "take a village..." to raise a family?  Has that dynamic changed? (since back in the day...)

-  V-deterioration etc.  - How IS the extended family doing? Are we becoming more or less nuclear?

-  V-deterioration etc.  -  the  search for the Soulmate : myth or reality?

-  W-enculturation etc. - Can you pull away from your "native" culture/co-culture without being disloyal? Would you want to?

-   X-withhold-disclose - What about personal privacy-- Can I keep secrets &/or compartmentalize my life and still be "authentic"?

-  X-withhold-disclose - Parents have lived through similar stuff. All that's really changed is the "how".  They DO understand what it's like.  Myth or Reality?

 -  X-withhold-disclose - re:  current anti-drug commercials that encourage parents to just talk to their kids/ Is it really possible to open up communication  channels with a teen if you haven't done it before?

-  Y-cohesion dimension - How can a family encourage  the right balance of Cohesion - some tips for future parents. What's the cure for "helicopter parents" &/or over scheduled kids?

-  Y-cohesion dimension - By definition, families are incredibly interdependent (via systems theory) so it makes sense that patterns in mental disturbance and/or substance abuse can often be traced back to the family & can go on for generations.  Are we "doomed to keep repeating these "vicious cycles"??

-  Z-adaptability dimension - Have contemporary practices & divorce rates forced U.S. families to become  too adaptable?

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