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UNIT I
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

MODULE 11
Other Theories of Development:
BRONFENBRENNER’S ECOLOGICAL THEORY

Objective:

 Describe each of the layers of Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Model.

 Identify factors in one’s own life that exerted influence on one’s development.

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory

Urie Bronfenbrenner - formulated the Ecological System Theory. He was born on April 29,
1917. He is a Russian-born American, died at 88 years old in 2005.He believed that children

need people in order to become human.

Ecological System Theory - also known as Human Ecology Theory. It is the individual’s
relationship within communities and the wider society.

5 Layers of Bioecological Theory

 Microsystem - immediate environment which the child directly interacts with.
 Mesosystem - connections among two or more microsystem.
 Exosystem - indirect environment
 Macrosystem - outermost part in the child’s environment, broader culture.
 Chronosystem - changes that the individual goes through over time.

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