COURSE TITLE: THE FILIPINO FAMILY (PHST 20)
UNITS: 3
DEPARTMENT: PHILIPPINE STUDIES

COURSE DESCRIPTION: An interdisciplinary study of the Filipino family, its nature, structure, characteristics, functions, and related issues and problems. The course also introduces the students to the basic principles of human development, the cognitive and psychosocial theories of development that help shape the Filipino personality.

COURSE OBJECTIVE-S: The student is expected to achieve the following after completing the course:

1. Acquire a broad and deep understanding of the Filipino family as stated in the course description.

2. Develop critical thinking skills in understanding changing family norms and patterns of behavior, and their implications to the Filipino family.

3. Learn the major concepts and principles in the study of the family as they are applied in a cultural context.

4. Acquire a general understanding of the principles and theories of human development as they are used in the study of the Filipino personality and the Filipino family.

TEXTBOOKS:
Medina, Belen (1991). The Filipino Family, University of the Philippines Press, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
Perez, A. E.d. (1995). The Filipino Family A Spectrum of Views and Issues, University of the Philippines Press, Diliman, Q.C. Philippines.

COURSE CONTENT

First Week: Introduction-Overview of the scope and content of the course, procedures, and course requirements.

Conceptual understanding of the nature of family.

Second and Third Weeks: Chapters - 2 and 3.
A. Key concepts in understanding the family structure and kinship
B. Functions of the family
C. Historical influences in the development of the Filipino family.
D. Write a paper describing your own family of orientation. Include the structure, authority patterns, kin groups, functions, roles, lifestyle and status placement.
E. Test (I)

Fourth and Fifth Weeks: Chapters 4 and 5
A. Courtship and Marriage patterns (traditional and contemporary)
B. Cohabitation and Live-in Relationships
C. Effects and consequences, issues and problems
D. Cultural and legal determinants of mate selection
E. Theories of mate selection
F. Test (II)

Sixth and Seventh Weeks: Chapters: 6, 7.
A. Culture and the expression of love
B. Sex norms and premarital sex
C. Sex in marriage and extramarital relationships
D. Traditional and contemporary roles in the family.
E. Short paper
F. MIDTERM EXAM

Eight and Ninth Weeks: Chapters 9 & 10
A. Concepts of Power
B. Indicators and bases of conjugal power
C. Theories of conjugal power
D. Marital adjustment, marital success, intermarriage
E. Issues and problems
F. Filipino culture and parenthood
G. Test (III)

Tenth and Eleventh Weeks: Social Change and the Filipino Family
A. Modernization and the Family
B. Changing Filipino Society and Family
C. Internal and International Migration

Readings: B. Medina, Social Change and the Family
 A. Torres, Re-Thinking the Filipino Family
 C.M. Aganon, Migrant Labor & the Family

THE FILIPINO AMERICAN FAMILY

Twelfth and Thirteenth Weeks: The Filipino American Community
A. Filipino American Heritage
B. Demographic Changes in the Filipino American Community
C. Profile of Filipino American Households

Readings:  J.T.Lott (1997), Demographic Changes
Transforming the Filipino American Community
M.P.Root (1997), Contemporary Mixed-Heritage
Filipino Americans

Fourteenth and Fifteenth Weeks: Contemporary Issues and Problems in the Filipino
American Family

Sixteenth and Seventeenth Weeks: Individual or Group Project Presentations

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
A. Reading assignments and discussion
B. Group work
C. Quizzes and short papers
D. Individual or group project presentation

EVALUATION
A. Short papers and quizzes   25%
B. Attendance and class participation   20%
        (3 points for each class attendance)
C. Midterm/Final Exam   30%
D. Project Presentation   25%
        Total - 100%

The project includes a research on a particular issue in the Filipino American family/community with an oral report in the class.

References:
Aganon, C.M.(1997). FILIPINO AMERICANS Transformation and Identity, M.Root
(Ed.), Sage Publications, London

Flores,P.& A. Resus (1997). An Ecological View of a Socially and Culturally
Dependent Filipino Parenting

System, Flores,P.
& L. Hufford,(Eds.), JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION, Vol 1 #1, Region VI Canada-USA Chapter, World Council for Curriculum and Instruction WCCI.

Flores, P. (1994). The Philippine American Youth Between Two Expectations: Filipino
and U.S. Standards, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PHILIPPINE PSYCHOLOGY, Summer, Vol.l #1, Regent Press, Berkeley, CA.

Jocano, F. Landa (1995). Filipino Family Values, THE FILIPINO FAMILY. A.Perez
(Ed.), U.P. Press, Q.C., Philippines

----------(1990). MANAGEMENT BY CULTURE, Punlad Press Research House,
Quezon City Philippines.

Lott, Juanita,T. (1997). Demographic Changes Transforming the Filipino American Community, Root, Maria (Ed.), FILIPINO AMERICANS Transformation and Identity, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, London.

Medina, Belen, (1991).THE FILIPINO FAMILY A Text with Selected Readings, University of the Philippines Press, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Root, Maria (1997). Contemporary Mixed-Heritage Filipino Americans Fighting Colonies, M. Root (Ed.), FILIPINO AMERICANS Transformation and Identity, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, London.

Torres, Amaryllis T., (1995).Re-Thinking The Filipino Family Tracking Changes Across the Years, A. Torres (Ed.) THE FILIPINO FAMILY, U.P. Press, Quezon City Philippines.
 

Course Outline Prepared By:
ARACELI N. RESUS Ed.D.
Instructor

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