This study originated from concerns about the conceptual ambiguity and lack of theoretical basis of family culture program. Family culture program began in 2004 as a pilot of the Healthy Family Support Center and have continued as a major program of F...
This study originated from concerns about the conceptual ambiguity and lack of theoretical basis of family culture program. Family culture program began in 2004 as a pilot of the Healthy Family Support Center and have continued as a major program of Family Center, operating as a cultural programs that encompass various generations and family types. However, without clear conceptual definitions or consideration of its operational structure, the program has been operated primarily as experience-centered activities, leading to its perception as an “event-based activity” or “simple cultural activity”. In particulra, while the name of the program area has changed, family culture programs are still maintained as a prectical area, but there is a lack of conceptual frameworks and structural analysis to explain them.
Therefore, this study introduced a program logic model as a theoretical framework to explain family culture programs and analyzed the operational structure of family culture program based on this model.
The results of the study first redefined the concept of family culture programs. The purpose, contents, and methods family culture programs were divided into three approaches : Program for culture, Program about culture, Program through culture. These three approaches are not mutually exclusive but rather function as a integrated conceptual framework. Family culture program are defined as programs that aim to create desirable family culture at the social level and unique family culture at the individual family level, address topics such as family leisure and family relationships, and use cultural arts and experiental activities as a primary method.
Next, through a literature review, we derived the sub-components of the program logic model. Subsequently, we reviewed the validity of the logic model through an expert Delphi survey. Finally, we developed a draft family culture program logic model consisting of seven stages and 46 sub-components : situation, input, activity, output, initial outcomes, intermediate outcomes, and final outcomes.
To explain how the logic model operates in actual program settings, we conducted in-depth interviews with six couples participating in the family culture programs and four program staff members. The results indicated that experiences with the family culture program generally aligned with the program logic model, particularly in the outcomes stage, where participation experiences were found to have the potential to evolve into intermediate and final outcomes as time and experience accumulated, rather than being limited to short-term results. Additionally, while most components of the program logic model were observed in actual program operations and participation experiences, some items showed deficiencies or the need for improvement. This indicates that the program logic model functions not merely as an ideal blueprint but as an analytical framework that can operate effectively in real-world settings.
This study is significant in that it structures family cultural programs as an independent practice area and provides a theoretical foundation for systematically explaining the planning, operation, and outcomes of family cultural programs using the program logic model. It is expected to contribute to the qualitative improvement of family cultural programs and the establishment of their policy legitimacy in the future.