Urie Bronfenbrenner
Child Development
Quick Facts
•April 29,1917- September 25, 2005
•Russian born American psychologist
•One of the first psychologists to adopt a holistic perspective on human development; taking mental and social factors into consideration not just physical
•Russian born American psychologist
•One of the first psychologists to adopt a holistic perspective on human development; taking mental and social factors into consideration not just physical
Urie Bronfenbrenner Ecological Theory
Bioecological Theory
Description of Theory
•Explains development in terms of relationships between people and their environments.
•Attempts to classify all the individual and contextual variables that affect development and to specify how they interact.
Urie's Research
•Studied children and schools in different cultures since many ethnic, religions, and social groups often have their own rules for moral behaviors.
•Explains development in terms of relationships between people and their environments.
•Attempts to classify all the individual and contextual variables that affect development and to specify how they interact.
Urie's Research
•Studied children and schools in different cultures since many ethnic, religions, and social groups often have their own rules for moral behaviors.
Microsystem
Layer closest to the child
• Consists of the relationships and interactions a child has with her
immediate surroundings
•Bi-directional influences
•Parents affect the child’s behavior
•Child affects the parent’s behavior
Examples:
Family, school, neighborhood, and childcare centers
• Consists of the relationships and interactions a child has with her
immediate surroundings
•Bi-directional influences
•Parents affect the child’s behavior
•Child affects the parent’s behavior
Examples:
Family, school, neighborhood, and childcare centers
Works Cited
"Our Schools Need a Curriculum for Caring, Says Urie
Bronfenbrenner." Instructor Feb. 1979: 34. Academic OneFile. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
Rosa, Edinete Maria, and Jonathan Tudge. "Urie Bronfenbrenner's Theory of
Human Development: Its Evolution From Ecology to Bioecology." Journal of Family Theory and Review 4 (2013): 243. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
Sincero, Sarah M. "Ecological Systems Theory." Explorable Psychology
Experiments. Explorable.com, 14 Mar. 2012. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.