ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Presented by:
MARIA CRISTINA A. MAGON
ECOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
 ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
The term ecological perspective is a concept from the
science of ecology that refers the study of organisms and how
they interact with their environments.
It is a psychological theory that studies humans and families
as individuals within an environment(such as a family home)
 Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory

child’s own defines complex

biology “layers” of
is a primary environment,
environment each having an
fueling her effect on a child’s
development development
 Developmental Psychologist
Lev Vygotsky
Developmental psychology is the scientific
study of how and why human beings chan
ge over the course of their life.
 German- born psychologist
Kurt Lewin
He suggested that neither nature (inborn
tendencies) nor nurture (how experiences
in life shape individuals) alone can account
for individual’s behavior and personalities.
But rather that both nature and nurture
interact to shape each person
MICROSYSTEM
- is the smallest and most
immediate environment in which
children live
Bi- directional
influences
MESOSYSTEM
- encompasses the interaction of
the different microsystems which
children find themselves in
EXOSYSTEM

- larger social system in which the child

does not function directly. The
structures in this layer impact the child’s
development by interacting with some
structure in her microsystem
MACROSYSTEM
- the largest and most distant
collection of people and places to the children
that still have significant
influences on them.
MARAWI
SIEGE
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CHRONOSYSTEM

- this system encompasses the dimension

of time as it relates to a child’s environments.
Elements within this system can be
either external