Bronfenbrenner's

ecological
systems theory

JOHN CARLO A. LAPAS BTVTED 1-11B

 Who is Urie Bronfenbrenner?

•Born on April 29, 1917, Moscow,

Russia
-Died on September 25, 2005,
Ithaca, New York, US.
•Russian-born American
psychologist best known for
having developed human ecology
theory (ecological system theory)
•Bronfenbrenner's ecological
systems theory views child
development as a complex system of
relationships affected by multiple
levels of the surrounding
environment, from immediate
settings of family and school to
broad cultural values, laws, and
customs.
Bronfenbrenner divided the person's
environment into five different
systems: The microsystem, the
mesosystem, the exosystem, the
macrosystem, and the chronosystemm.
The Five Ecological
Systems
 1. Microsystem-The microsystem is made up of the
groups that have direct contact with the child. Family
and
school are some of the most important ones, although
there can be many other groups.

2. Mesosystem- The second system in

Bronfenbrenner’s theory is made up of the relationships
between the
groups from the first system. The parent-teacher
relationship, for example, has a direct impact on the
3. Exosystem -The third level also involves factors
that affect a child’s life. However, the elements of
this
system don’t have a direct relationship with them.
One example of an exosystem would be the
company where the child’s parents work. This
would affect the parents’ point of view, how much
free
time they have, and their well-being. Consequently,
the company impacts the child’s development
as well.
4. Macrosystem
It contains those cultural elements that affect the child and
everyone around them. A couple of
examples would be cultural values or an official religion.
5. Chronosystem - It refers to the stage of life that the
person is in regarding the situations they’re going through. For example,
the death of a loved one has
a very different impact on a young person as opposed to an elderly
person.
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory isn’t perfect, but you can
apply it to numerous
fields of study. In spite of the fact that it doesn’t take biological factors
into account, it’s one of the
best explanations regarding the influence of social environment on an
individual’s life.