Educational Psychology

Provide an overview of the systems model of human development presented in class, describing how the behavioral, cognitive, humanistic and learning/ development theories address different factors in this model.

Developed by: W. Huitt, 1999

Part II

The Context of Human Development

Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the layers of context, environment, or ecology of human development:

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA:

Harvard University Press.

Microsystem

The most immediate and earliest influences such as family, school, religious institutions and peer groups and their interactions.

The Context of Human Development

The Context of Human Development

Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the layers of context, environment, or ecology of human development:

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA:

Harvard University Press.

Mesosystem

An intermediate level of influences such as local neighborhood or community, social institutions and culture and their interactions

The Context of Human Development

The Context of Human Development

Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the layers of context, environment, or ecology of human development:

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA:

Harvard University Press.

MacrosystemThe most removed influences such as international region or global changes and their interactions.

The Context of Human Development

While we sometimes tend to focus on family or school influences on human development, we should always remember that there are other important influences (e.g., Huitt, 1999).

An African, as well as Native American, tradition states that it takes a whole community to raise a child.

Huitt, W. (1999). Implementing effective school achievement reform: Four principles. Paper presented at the School Counseling Summit, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, April 20.