HDFS 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ecological Systems Theory, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Richard Lerner
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Human ecology is about the relationships between people and their environment. In human ecology the environment is perceived as an ecosystem. Child development - interacting within a complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the environment: growing up is hard. The environment is not a static force that uniformly affects individuals-it is ever- changing: ex: interactions with parents has changed since coming to college. The temporal dimension of this model is the chronosystem. Bronfenbrenner is one of the most widely studied ecological theorists. He believed that: a child"s biological disposition and environmental forces come together to shape the child"s development. There are two environmental conditions necessary for human development: one or more adults must love child unconditionally, adults must encourage child to spend time in joint activities with child in and out of home environment. Microsystem: nested environment where child is with parents, teachers, and anyone having most immediate effect on child.
