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UW-Madison/Extension
3rd Fl Middleton Bldg
1305 Linden Drive
Madison WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-2353
Fax: 608-265-6048
Teaching Family Policy

This section aims to begin a dialogue about the precepts and philosophies from which good courses and high teaching evaluations are made. We are interested in adding your ideas for teaching family policy courses on college campuses to our website. Please send your contributions to:

Jennifer Seubert
UW-Madison/Extension
1300 Linden Drive, Rm 130
Madison WI 53706
info@familyimpactseminars.org


If you are an instructor interested in making family policy come alive for undergraduate and graduate students, check out the second edition of Karen Bogenschneider's book, Family Policy Matters: How Policymaking Affects Families and What Professional Can Do. Drawing on hundreds of studies in the last 20 years, this new edition brings a fresh perspective to family policy, underscoring why it is needed, and outlining how professionals can bring research and analysis to bear on policymaking. Bogenschneider incorporates new research and provides updates on recent policies that are changing the political landscape of families. She proposes a theoretical framework for conceptualizing policy issues in a way that holds the potential for overcoming controversy and identifying common ground.

The accompanying Instructor's Manual provides step-by-step guidelines for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on family policy including:
  • teaching philosophy
  • a publication on teaching family policy in undergraduate and graduate classrooms
  • an undergraduate and graduate family policy syllabus
  • undergraduate and graduate daily lesson plans
  • instructor activities, alternative activities, assignments and student handouts, and
  • several classroom PowerPoint presentations.

This book and manual are ideal for teaching family policy courses.
If you have trouble accessing this page, require this information in an alternative format, or wish to request a reasonable accommodation because of a disability contact Jennifer Seubert at info@familyimpactseminars.org or 608-263-2353.

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