Week 2 with Fiona Theories of Child Development

We looked at 

Behaviourist perspective

• Locke
• Watson
• Pavlov
• Skinner

Social Learning Theory

• Bandura

Cognitive Theory

• Piaget

Sociocultural Theory

• Vygotsky
• Bruner

Psychosexual Development

• Freud

Psychosocial Theory

• Erikson

Ecological Systems Theory

• Macrosystem
• Exosystem
• Microsystem
• Mesosystem

• Urie Bronfenbrenner    (picture below)

This theory mainly looks at the environmental (nature) influence on Development

 

It is the Ecological Systems Theory I have chosen to  find information on.

http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/722934/bigger-picture/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

This is a link to an article telling you more about who Urie Bronfenbrebber was, I was surprised to read that he has not long died (2005).

One of the quickest and easiest ways to get an overview of his theory is looking at the diagram below showing the systems

I have also found a you tube presentation which talks you through the systems and includes the chronosystem

Bronfenbrenner theory was that all of the systems had an impact on a childs development.  I have looked into this a little further and it has been likened to the stacking russian dolls that you can buy, there is interaction between the systems.

Ecological level ♣ Microsystem ♣ Mesosystem ♣ Exosystem ♣ Macrosystem

Definition ♣ A setting where people engage in face-to-face interaction ♣ The relations between two or more settings in which the child actively participates ♣ One or more settings that do not involve the child but have an indirect effect on the child ♣ Blueprints for how the other components of the system should operate

Examples ♣ Home, child care centre, playgroup ♣ Relations and communication between family and child care staff ♣ Parents’ workplace ♣ Services available in the community ♣ Ideology ♣ Religion ♣ Culture ♣ Social policy

Issues affecting infant and toddler development ♣ Quality of interactions ♣ Responsiveness of adults ♣ Quality of relationships ♣ Respect for each other ♣ Support for each other ♣ Collaborative decision-making ♣ Flexibility in work hours ♣ Family-friendly policies ♣ Access to and hours of child care ♣ Availability of support for parents ♣ Individualist or collectivist orientation ♣ Democratic or autocratic orientation ♣ How parenting is defined