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    Uri Bronfenbrenner was an American developmental psychologist known for developing the ecological systems theory of child development. The theory proposes that a child's development is influenced by different environmental systems, ranging from immediate relationships to broader societal factors. Bronfenbrenner believed that a child's development is shaped by interactions within multiple levels of environment - from immediate family and community to the larger cultural values and laws of society. His theory emphasized that human development is best understood through examining the entire ecological system in which growth occurs.

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    Uri Bronfenbrenner was an American developmental psychologist known for developing the ecological systems theory of child development. The theory proposes that a child's development is influenced by different environmental systems, ranging from immediate relationships to broader societal factors. Bronfenbrenner believed that a child's development is shaped by interactions within multiple levels of environment - from immediate family and community to the larger cultural values and laws of society. His theory emphasized that human development is best understood through examining the entire ecological system in which growth occurs.

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    Uri Bronfenbrenner was an American developmental psychologist known for developing the ecological systems theory of child development. The theory proposes that a child's development is influenced by different environmental systems, ranging from immediate relationships to broader societal factors. Bronfenbrenner believed that a child's development is shaped by interactions within multiple levels of environment - from immediate family and community to the larger cultural values and laws of society. His theory emphasized that human development is best understood through examining the entire ecological system in which growth occurs.

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    ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

    THEORY
    - URIE BRONFENBRENNER

    Andrea Mizelle M. Collado, MA-GC1


    (29 April 1917– 25 Sept 2005)
    American developmental
    Psychologist
    Born in the Soviet Union
    Most known for his ecological
    systems theory of child
    development
    ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY
    changed the perspective of
    developmental psychology by
    calling attention to the large
    number of environmental and
    societal influences on child
    development
    He saw the process of human
    development as being shaped
    by the interaction between an

    URIE BRONFENBRENNER individual and his or her


    environment.
     In his own words, developmental psychology was, "...the science
    of strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange
    adults for the briefest possible periods of time."

     He eventually renamed his theory the bio ecological model in order


    to recognize the importance of biological processes in development.

    His theory states that there are many different levels of env’t
    influences that can affect a child's development, starting from
    people and institutions immediately surrounding the individual to
    nation- wide cultural forces
     According to Melvin L. Kohn, a sociologist from Johns
    Hopkins University, Bronfenbrenner was critical in making
    social scientists realize that, "...interpersonal relationships,
    even [at] the smallest level of the parent-child
    relationship, did not exist in a social vacuum but were
    embedded in the larger social structures of community,
    society, economics and politics."
    ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY
    Also called development in context or human ecology theory,
    identifies five environmental systems with which an individual
    interacts
    Ecological Human Development assumes the individual acts as a
    causal agent.
    The entirety of the individual’s ecology also acts as a causal agent
    Each level of developmental pressure is triggered based on active
    interaction from an individual
    Ecological levels create unique developmental contexts
    1. MICROSYSTEM
     Refers to the institutions and groups that most immediately and directly
    impact the child's development including: family, school, religious institutions,
    neighborhood, and peers.

    2. MESOSYSTEM
     Interconnections between the microsystems, interactions between the
    family and teachers, relationship between the child’s peers and the family.
    3. EXOSYSTEM
     Involves links between a social setting in which the individual does not
    have an active role and the individual's immediate context.
    4. MACROSYSTEM
     Describes the culture in which individuals live.

    5. CHRONOSYSTEM
     The patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course,
    as well as sociohistorical circumstances.
    ■TENCHU!

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