EDU 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Ecological Systems Theory
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Development is the result of relationships between people and their environments. Cannot evaluate a child"s development only in immediate environment. Must also examine interactions among larger environments that a child develops in. Four layers of relationships that influence a child"s development. Microsystem: relationships with direct contact to child. Mesosystem: connection between relationships of child"s microsystem. Exosystem: structures in which child does not have direct contact. Variables that the child is directly exposed to: Family = most influential and durable influence on child. Most of child"s behavior is learned in microsystem. Personal attitudes influence responses from other people. Children actively select and avoid specific environments. Bidirectional relationships are foundation for child"s cognitive and emotional growth. Ex: interactions b/w family and teachers, relationships b/w child"s peers and family. Institutions of society that indirectly affect a child"s development. Impacts child"s development by influencing structures in microsystem. Provides values, beliefs, customs, and laws of culture in which a child grows up.
