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Urie Bronfenbrenner
1917-2005
Ecological Systems
Theory
Human development occurs in context
-- It is both influenced by it and
influences it in a bi-directional way, in
a hierarchical way.
According to this model, the child does
not enter the world as a blank slate,
but is equipped with a rich
evolutionary heritage.
The contexts of human development
are varied: The culture in which a
child is born, the particular period in
history, the subculture and
community, the child's family, the
immediate surroundings.
Humans:
seek social stimuli,
attend to human speech,
form attachment patterns to caregivers,
have a facility for learning a language,
and have an interest in explaining and
mastering the world around them.
Development in context.
The model is depicted in
concentric rings, or nested structures, each one
influencing those inside it.
Microsystem
Activities and relationships and interaction patterns in the child’s immediate surroundings.
Mesosystem
This system provides the
connection between the structure
of the child’s microsystem. I.e.
home, school, neighborhood, day
care center.
Exosystem
Social settings that do not contain
children but nevertheless affect their
experience in immediate settings. For
example, parent’s workplace,
extended family, and friends .
Macrosystem
It is not a specific context, but consists in the values, laws, customs, and resources of a particular culture.
Chronosystem
This system encompasses the dimension
of time as it relates to the Child’s
environment.