Urie Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory/Environmental Context
Urie
Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory/Environmental Context
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Learning is greatly affected by the
kind of environment we are in.
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Learners are understood within the
context of their environment.
Environmental
Context: Major Levels
1. Microsystem
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Innermost level contains the structure
that has direct contact with child
2. Mesosystem
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Connections between the structures of
the child’s microsystem
3. Exosystem
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3rd level of social systems
which indirectly affects the child
4. Macrosystem
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Outermost level in which all other
systems are embedded such as values, customs, laws, beliefs, and resources of a
society
5. Chronosystem
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This system includes changes or
consistencies in person’s lifespan.