HDFS 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ecological Systems Theory, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
29 Sep 2016
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Bronfenbrenner"s theory aka bioecological system theory: layers of environment each contribute to a child"s development: development is fueled and steered by interactions between biology and the many environmental aspects, microsystem (school, family, neighborhood) < macrosystem (global: interactions at outer level can impact inner structures. Mesosystem: provides connection between structures within microsystem: ex. Connection between teacher and parents or church and neighborhood. Exosystem: larger system in which the child does not function directly but feels the positive or negative forces of the interaction with microsystem: ex. Macrosystem: outermost layer consisting of values, customs, and laws that affect the lower levels of environment: ex. Culture expects something of parents, parents effect microsystem. Chronosystem: encompasses the dimension of time within the environment: ex. Timing of parent"s death, changes that occur with age. Bronfenbrenner"s ecological systems theory: nature and nurture interact and do so with increasing complexity as a child grows and matures.
