Urie Bronfenbrenner
“Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressive more complex exchange between a child and someone else—especially
somebody who is crazy about that child.”
Emily Smeltzer, Heidi Blankenship, and MacKenzie Drinan
Biography
• Born: April 29th, 1917
• Died: Sept. 25th, 2005
• Higher Education• Cornell University, Harvard,
U of M
• Teaching • U of M and Cornell
University
www.bctr.cornell.edu
Ecological Systems Theory for Child Development
• Microsystem• Parents, siblings, teachers, school friends
• Mesosystem• Parent/teacher communication, divorced parents
• Exosystem• Parent’s workplace, extended family members, the
neighborhood
• Macrosystem• Freedoms given by the government, cultural values,
the economy
http://www.catherineshafer.com/theorists.html
Importance
• Safe and stable learning environment
• Good communication with parents
• More encouraging and nurturing: the
better the child's development
• No bullying, cultivating good friendships
http://chronicleclassic.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept05/BronfenKids.jpg
Works Cited
• Oswalt, Angela. "Urie Bronfenbenner and Child Developement." MentalHelp.net. Beachway Therapy Center, 17 Jan. 2008. Web. 19 Sept.
2013. <www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=7930>.
• Danner, Fred. “Bronfenbenner, Urie 1917-2005.” education.com. Ross Medical Education Center, Dec. 23 2009. Web. 19 Sept. 2013. <www.education.com/reference/article/bronfenbrenner-urie-1917-2005/>
• Urie Bronfenbrenner (b. 1917) U.S. (Russian-born) psychologist, advocate for families. Quoted in Childhood, Robert H. Wozniak (1991). A viewer's guide produced in collaboration with Thirteen WNET. http://www.poemhunter.com/quotations/famous.asp?people=Urie+Bronfenbren ner