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Hey folks, this is Brad Stucki, and[br]I'm excited to be here to share

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with you a little bit of the things[br]that I've learned from this particular

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theorist. I signed up for Urie [br]Bronfenbrenner and his

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bioecological theory of child[br]development, and we've talked

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about this a little bit already[br]in class, and so I'm excited to

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build on what we've already[br]talked about. So here we go.

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I'd like to start by sharing a little[br]bit of the overview of what

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Bronfenbrenner taught and [br]what he studied. His work focuses

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on the development of the child[br]with their environment, and so

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it shows how the child interacts[br]with different systems and different

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people, and how it affects them to[br]become who they end up being--

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who their individual person is.[br]So we'll go ahead and we'll just

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jump right into it. Okay, so the [br]first system is the microsystem.

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This is the most simple. It is the[br]child interactions with their family,

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with their peers, it is their individual,[br]personal relationships that they have

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with one another that shape them[br]into who they are and who they become.

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And so an example of this would be[br]the child learning from their parents

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or from their teachers, it may be them[br]picking up their different social cues,

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their laugh, it could be just observing [br]the parent, or listening to what they say

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and copying those same standards[br]and so it's just the interaction

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between those two-- the child [br]and the parent, or the child and

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their teacher, the child and their[br]friends-- that helps them develop

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into their individual person.[br]Okay, so the next one-- oh, so actually,

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every time we talk about a system[br]I'm just gonna lay down a line that

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has the definition of it, and I'll just[br]reiterate what it says, and so the

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microsystem is just an interaction[br]or support between the individual

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and their direct relationship,[br]like their parents.

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So the next system is the [br]mesosystem, and this one

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is a system of microsystems.[br]So a microsystem that's

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like the parents, the friends,[br]the teachers, and the mesosystem

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is the interaction between these[br]two microsystems. And the results

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of those affects the child positively[br]or negatively. So here's an example

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of the mesosystem. In this post,[br]you see that their friends, and you

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put them together with the parents,[br]like maybe they come over, and if they

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have a negative reaction-- if they[br]disapprove of the friends, results in

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the top part, where the child will[br]be sad, they may have a negative

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development. They're pushing[br]against the parents, maybe have

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negative feelings towards the [br]parents, whereas the bottom,

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if the parents approve of the friends,[br]there's a positive development

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where the child trusts the parents[br]more, trusts the friends more,

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and this is positive all together.[br]And so that's an example of the

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mesosystem and how the different [br]microsystems interact to affect the child.

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And so that's the mesosystem, it's the[br]interaction between different microsystems

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that affect the child. The exosystem[br]is the next step up from being further

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away from the child. And so if you look[br]at the second line, it describes what the

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exosystem is. It is people or places[br]that children may not directly interact

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with, but still impact their lives.[br]And so, an example of this is the

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community or the neighborhood[br]they grow up in, the government,

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the church, their parents' workplace.[br]And certain examples.

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And so the example of an exosystem,[br]the top one is a great example.

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It's a father who is continually[br]passed up for a promotion by

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an indifferent boss at the workplace,[br]who may take it out on his child and

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mistreat them at home. And so the [br]child never interacted with the parent's

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workplace, but received the results[br]of the stress and anger from the parent,

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and so that's what an exosystem is, [br]and the bottom one talks about a

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mother who leaves to go to the [br]military and the child develops

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anxiety, even though she's never[br]been to her parent's workplace,

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doesn't know why the parents are[br]leaving. And so that's the result of

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the exosystem. And so the exosystem[br]is something-- an interaction, setting,

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that does not involve the child but[br]still affects them.

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Okay, and so the next one is the[br]macrosystem, and is described

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as the effects of larger principles[br]defined by the macrosystem.

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And so that's like cultural values,[br]religious values, customs, and laws.

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And I guess also it includes the[br]mass media.

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And so an example of that is culture--[br]culture's a collection of beliefs,

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customs, and art, and people who[br]live in those customs are expected

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to live certain ways. And so the [br]macrosystem affects the child

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because of those cultures,[br]because of where they're

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expected to live, and that [br]affects who they become

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and the development of that[br]child. So like an example I use

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is the societal culture where[br]the father's the breadwinner,

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when that's not really the case[br]it is now, but it still affects the

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child to maybe want to be [br]that breadwinner and to

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not allow his wife to provide[br]for their family.

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And so macrosystem is just the [br]effects of culture, religious beliefs,

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their views and lifestyle of a child,[br]and so it helps develop that child

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to become who they are.

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The last one is the chronosystem,[br]and this one relates to time,

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and so it's the passage of time[br]or the time and era that they live in

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that affects the child. Like war-time,[br]depression, being a 'baby boomer'

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(quote, unquote) to the gen-Z,[br]millennials, and that depiction

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affects how the child is seen and[br]also how they live.

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And like an example of that is[br]the Great Depression. My grandmother

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lived around the time of the [br]Great Depression, right after,

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and she grew up never throwing[br]anything away. Every little use

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of every single item that she bought[br]to use and use until it wore out.

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So that's an example of the chronosystem[br]and how time and era that you live in

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affects who you are and what you[br]become. And so that's chronosystem,

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the effect of time on the child, the [br]influence of time. And so now that we

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understand all this, how does it affect[br]our teaching? And one of the articles

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I found, it says, 'by studying the various[br]ecological systems, Bronfenbrenner's

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ecological systems theory is able to [br]demonstrate the diversity of interrelated

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influences on children's development. [br]Awareness of the contexts that children

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are in can sensitize us to variations[br]in the way children may act in

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different settings.' So as a teacher,[br]as we're aware of how the child's

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development may be influenced[br]by these different systems, we can

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do a better job in teaching and [br]being aware of our different students

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so that we can be the best teacher[br]that we can. That we can give them

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individualized teaching that will [br]help the student.

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And so that's what I got from [br]Bronfenbrenner's theory,

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and hopefully it helps you as well[br]in helping to individualize your

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students' teaching to help them[br]to have the best education and

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development that they can have.

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So here is the bibliography, and[br]I'm excited to hear what you guys

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have to say, so thank you.