week 6, february 18, thursday

1. week 6, february 18, thursday • Garcia Coll& Szalacha. The multiple contexts of middle childhood. the one five o

2. assignment Bronfenbrenner, U. (1994). Ecological models of human development. • Respond to focus questions in your blog (1 paragraph each) • Bronfenbrennerorganizes the ecological system in which students develop into 5 main pieces. Give a brief definition in your own words for each. • Describe one or two examples of things you, personally, can see better with this model. the one five o

3. new students to te150 7 visitors from Southwest University in Sichuan Province, China the one five o

4. module 2 Learning and the Urban Environment the one five o

5. Garcia Coll & Szalacha • Cynthia Garcia Coll, Brown University • Laura Szalacha, Arizona State University the one five o

6. the big ideas in this piece My reaction: • interesting and very important ideas • not easy for me to identify the main points the one five o

7. the big ideas in this piece • Students’ learning and development can be better understood if we can see it as part of the ecology in which they live • Most aspects of this ecology can have positive, negative, or positive & negative effects the one five o

8. ecological perspectives on student development • What are the differences between an individual and ecological perspective on student learning and development? • How does this change in perspective alter what can be seen? the one five o

9. an ecological perspective on learning • Ecology: the study of living things that focuses on how a living thing is interrelated with other living things and its physical environment the one five o

10. an ecological perspective on learning • Ecological perspective on learning: a perspective that looks at how students’ learning is interrelated with other people and other aspects of their environment • Why “interrelated”, not just “related”? the one five o

12. two sides of the same coin • Most aspects of a student’s ecology can be seen as positively, negatively, or both positively and negatively related to their learning and development. the one five o

13. two sides of the same coin Terms Garcia Coll use to describe the positives and negatives • benefits & risks • promoting and inhibiting • assets & deficiencies Similar terms • affordances & constraints the one five o

14. discuss Inhibiting and promoting school environments • According to Garcia Coll, students in segregated schools can face serious challenges, but may also experience it as a “promoting” environment. • What did she mean? • What examples from your own experience can you see of a particular quality of a school environment be both inhibiting and promoting? the one five o

15. environments Garcia Coll identifies three environments that may promote or inhibit student development • School • Neighborhood • Popular media the one five o

16. discuss Neighborhoods: What do you see? • Consider the city you grew up in, or one that you’re quite familiar with • What were the different neighborhoods? What salient similarities and differences do you see? the one five o

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