Ecological MapThe boy named Brian....

Individual...

12 year old- Hormonal boy

Active- Trains and plays soccer up to 3 times a week

Average Student- Grades are average in most situations

African-American- Minority group within Australia

Only Child- No brothers or Sisters

Friends- From School and his soccer team

Microsystem... The influences that have the main effect on Brian’s day to day life, such as family, school and friends.

Mother- Single parent who works 2 jobs to maintain their lifestyle

Carer- Elderly next door neighbour who watches Brian while mother works

Sports Team- Under 13’s Soccer team

Coach/PE Teacher- Helps get Brian to some training sessions

School- Local public school

School, Brian attends the local

public school

Friends, School friends

that play soccer withBrian

Mother, sole parent, working 2 jobs

Microsystem

Microsystem

Microsystem

Mesosystem,

Problems within the family can

effect school work

Mesosystem,Friends can sometimes

distract Brian from schoolwork

Mesosystem,Influence of friends can

cause problems at

home

Microsystems interacting may have results such as those shown below.

Mesosy

Mother, sole

parent, working 2

jobs

Sports coach,Helps get Brian

to training when

hisMum is working

Microsystem

Microsystem

Microsystem

Mesosystem

Mesosystem

Mesosystem

Sports Team, Brian plays soccer,

training twice a week and playing

on weekends

Interactions within Microsystems are known as Mesosystems

Exosystem... The factors that don’t have a direct influence on Brian, but affect him through the factors in his microsystem

Grandparents- Highly supportive parents to Brian’s mother.

Church- Brian, his mother and his grandparents go to church weekly

Mother’s work- Receptionist full time, packs shelves 3 evenings per week

MACROSYSTEM: Social blueprint of a given culture such as customs and resources, etc

High unemployment rate- Mother needs to work both jobs to be able to

afford repayments on their family home.

Sports orientated society- Give Brian direction as his goal is to play

soccer professionally.

Christian faith- Brian’s family are all practising Christians

CHRONOSYSTEM: Trends in time based dimensions, on a global level that change peoples idea’s and standards.

Global Financial Crisis- Helping with lower house repayments but puts

Mother’s second job at risk.

Growing trend towards alternative family structures- the idea of a

“normal” family is very different from years ago.

12 years old

Active

Average student

African, American

Mother

SchoolSports team

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Only child

Grandparents

Mothers work

Carer

Working class

Church

Sports orientated society

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crisis

Growing trends

towards alternative

family structures

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