1. Urie Bronfenbrenner EDUC – 605 Developmental Theorist
Emma Spoon, Matt Jorgensen, Will Aguero

2. B I O G R A P H Y Urie Bronfenbrenner Born: Soviet Union (Moscow) 1917
Moved to U.S. age 6
Cornell – B.S. Psychology & Music
Harvard – Master’s Education
University of Michigan – Doctorate Developmental Psychology
Military Psychologist WWII
Professor University of Michigan
Professor Cornell
Developed Ecological Systems Theory
Helped create Head Start Program ( )
Counteract the effects of poverty on student learning
Died: 2005, age 88

3. L E G A C Y
How we view a child who has difficulties in school has changed
Appreciation for the effect that support systems have on helping children reach their full potential
Acknowledgement of the shared responsibility that many have regarding the development of children and the creation of supportive systems
Helped establish the "Head Start" program
Taught a generation of social science researchers to look more broadly and inclusively at forces acting on children

4. Ecological Systems Theory
This EST identifies five environmental systems within which an individual interacts. It provides the framework that EST psychologists use to study the impacts of a range of relationships and institutions on individuals.

5. Microsystem
the direct environment, relationships, and interactions in a child’s life

6. Mesosystem interactions between the microsystems in child’s life
connections between influences closest to the child

7. Exosystem the larger social context surrounding community
indirectly impacts child through their parents (work, social)

8. Macrosystem actual culture of an individual
-cultural values, economic conditions, political systems, lawsflow back through inner levels to influence the child

9. Chronosystem unique influences on a child’s personal history
transitions and shifts in one’s lifespan
environmental events, social shifts

10. BioEcological Systems Theory
Recently renamed to emphasize that a child's own biology is a primary environment fueling his/her development
Genetics

11. Bio-psychological System (You)

12. Create Your Cosmos What You’ll Need Marker White Board Childhood
memories

13. Our Thoughts

14. Educational Implications
Holistic or systems approach to teaching
Try to meet the needs of the child
The blame isn’t put on the child
Teaching the child a moral framework
A better understanding of the forces that motivate student behavior

15. A Little Humor

16. References