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Today’s topic!
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We have touched on this already but today
we will break this down and look at in more
detail
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Write this title & date your notes 22/11/12
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Family structure
Family size
How formed?
Relationships between family members
Roles
Sexuality
Quality of life
Culture
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The lone parent family is one of the most common
family structures in modern society – 1 in 5 children
now live in one parent families.
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Only 10% of lone parent families are headed by the
father
Big increase in multigenerational families
Brannen (2003) sees them as being like a beanpole long and thin
 More contact between generations (due to divorce,
smaller family size and people living longer)
 Compared to within generations (people don’t have
or live further away from siblings/ cousins)
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Over 1/3rd of all families are now
Reconstituted mainly as a result of rising
divorce rates
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There is considerable diversity amongst
ethnic minority families as well as families
from different religions
Afro Caribbean's have a high rate of female
headed lone parent families
Pakistani, Chinese and Bangladeshi origin
families are more likely to be extended.
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Socialisation of children
Oakley (1974) found class to be a key factor in
the division of labour in the home, middle
class households are more likely to share the
domestic roles
Pahl (1989) found women were more likely to
control the finances in working class homes
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The number of homosexual families is rising.
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It seems inevitable that as society becomes
more tolerant this trend will increase
There is no
right or wrong
say whatever
you think !!!
On your handout
Write in the following explanations for the causes of
family diversity in order of importance
 Statements
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 Female independence
 Divorce
 Family size
 Aging population
 Influence of religion
 Impact of class
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Do you think Family diversity is positive or
negative?
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Give
reasons for your answer.
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Read through
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Any questions
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Log ins will be sent home to your parents
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Any assignment missing scores O zero so as
a result a number of you are not meeting your
TMG’s
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Number yourselves 1-5 (HOME GROUP)
Now form a new group with the other people
in your class that are the same number
Now write 4 questions on
(EXPERT GROUP)
family
diversity
on to
Work togetheryour
to select
4 key
points from
relevant section(s)
on theI text
last
the paper
giveI gave
you –you
with
lesson
the correct answer
Write these onto your worksheet in the
correct section (10 minutes)
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Now move back to your HOME GROUP
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Talk through the key points that you selected to
complete your worksheet
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Teach your team!! you will now all sit the test
individually to assess your team work &
knowledge
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Scores for the group will be added together to
give a team total and to decide the winning
team!!
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Please complete the questionnaire to provide
feedback on the course & the centre
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Grade boundaries
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C-36
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E-24
Well done !!!!
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15 minutes – Thursday Lunch times
One –
parent
families
Extended
families Kinship
diversity
Class
diversity
Sexual
diversity
Cultural
diversity
Reconstituted
families
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Your questions were brilliant!!! I haven’t
included them all because some require more
time, as they raise a number of complex issuesthey are more like essay questions
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Complete the quiz individually, but you can
work together with your team
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10 minutes
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Read over your views on family diversity
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Do they match any sociological theoretical
perspectives?
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Label them
New Right / functionalist
Feminist
Post modern
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A new theory began in the late 1970’s
It see’s society as fluid and changing all the
time
Post modernist argue that today’s society is;
Unstable, fragmented, media- saturated,
defined by what we consume
We now live in a global village
Life involves choice and change
Nothing is fixed
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Post modernist believe family life is diverse,
varied and unstable.
They highlight how many different family
forms are now accepted in society.
They believe claims that one type of family is
‘better’ or ‘more natural’ or more ‘normal’ are
outdated
NO THEY ARE NOT
YES THEY ARE
NEW RIGHT
STATISTICS
SOCIOLOGISTS
POSTMODERNISTS
FEMINISTS
STATISTICS
SOCIOLOGISTS
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Group leader
Team name
Create a mind map to consolidate your ideas
Main points
Include key statistics
Named sociologists
Sociological terminology
I will spend 10 minutes with each group
Only the person with the dice talks
Anyone talking at the same time will lose a point
for their team
 I will note down the key points raised on the
board
 Marks will be awarded for clear points
 Extra marks for named sociologists, statistics,
and sociological terms
 Points given for every new person in the group
to speak
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Assess the view that family
diversity has a negative impact
upon society (30 marks)
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Please complete these – everyone need to
have the opportunity to have their say.
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I will talk through the questions to clarify
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Your log in – USE IT – to track yourself know
how you are progressing and if you have any
work outstanding
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Log – ins will be sent home next week
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Letters home will be sent this week for those
not meeting your TMG’s and any others I
have concerns about
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Come & see me to get a sheet