学以致用。从课程思政的角度，这将有助于帮助学生建立健康的婚烟家庭观念，从而 为他们未来建立和谐的婚姻家庭生活打下思想基础，为建设和谐社会、培养家国情怀 提供思想资源。 四、教学内容及要求 第一章Examining Family Issues and Controversies (一)目的与要求 1.Introduce the definition and redefinition of family 2.Discuss the emerging family issues in China and around the world 3.Discuss the diversity of family from the historical perspective (二)教学内容 What is a family? Is the institution of family breaking down? How private should family life be? How should individual rights and family obligation be balance? How are Chinese practicing new forms of families?In what sense these families are“new (三)思考与实践 Have you heard of"twin-cities life"?What are the challenges that the families spread ing across cities are facing'? (四)教学方法与手段 课堂讲授为主，随堂讨论为辅 第二章Traditional Approaches to the Family (一)目的与要求 1.Introduce the traditional approaches to the family 2.Introduce the evolution of frameworks in family studies 3.Illustrate how the changing definitions of the family have given rise to the new analytical frameworks (二)教学内容 Why theories and research are important in our everyday lives Late nineteenth-century sociological perspectives Engels:family,private property and the state The Twentieth-century functional family Companionate marriage 2 2 学以致用。从课程思政的角度，这将有助于帮助学生建立健康的婚姻家庭观念，从而 为他们未来建立和谐的婚姻家庭生活打下思想基础，为建设和谐社会、培养家国情怀 提供思想资源。 四、教学内容及要求 第一章 Examining Family Issues and Controversies （一）目的与要求 1．Introduce the definition and redefinition of family 2．Discuss the emerging family issues in China and around the world 3．Discuss the diversity of family from the historical perspective （二）教学内容 What is a family? Is the institution of family breaking down? How private should family life be? How should individual rights and family obligation be balance? How are Chinese practicing new forms of families? In what sense these families are “new”? （三）思考与实践 Have you heard of “twin-cities life”? What are the challenges that the families spreading across cities are facing? （四）教学方法与手段 课堂讲授为主，随堂讨论为辅 第二章 Traditional Approaches to the Family （一）目的与要求 1．Introduce the traditional approaches to the family 2．Introduce the evolution of frameworks in family studies 3．Illustrate how the changing definitions of the family have given rise to the new analytical frameworks （二）教学内容 Why theories and research are important in our everyday lives Late nineteenth-century sociological perspectives Engels: family, private property and the state The Twentieth-century functional family Companionate marriage