THE LEADING THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDYING OF FAMILY IN THE CONTEXT OF FAMILY PEDAGOGIC

Abstract

The article is concerned with the different methodological approaches of studying of family,
their role and transformations in the context of modern pedagogic science. The interconnection
between the "family" and "marriage" terms is analyzed; family designing as a system that consists
of "spouses – paternity – family" subsystems. The special attention is focused on methodology of
symbolic interactionalism that considers the family as a small social group. The psychopedagogical model of elementary family according to some characteristics is revealed; the
standards of family behavior, fixed norms and approvals in the marriage and family relations
sphere are showed.