Educational Psychology

1. Educational Psychology Part II Provide an overview of the systems model of human development presented in class, describing how the behavioral, cognitive, humanistic and learning/ development theories address different factors in this model. Developed by: W. Huitt, 1999

2. The Context of Human Development Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the layers of context, environment, or ecology of human development: The most immediate and earliest influences such as family, school, religious institutions and peer groups and their interactions. Microsystem Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

3. The Context of Human Development

4. The Context of Human Development Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the layers of context, environment, or ecology of human development: An intermediate level of influences such as local neighborhood or community, social institutions and culture and their interactions Mesosystem Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

5. The Context of Human Development

6. The Context of Human Development Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the layers of context, environment, or ecology of human development: The most removed influences such as international region or global changes and their interactions. Macrosystem Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

8. The Context of Human Development While we sometimes tend to focus on family or school influences on human development, we should always remember that there are other important influences (e.g., Huitt, 1999). An African, as well as Native American, tradition states that it takes a whole community to raise a child. Huitt, W. (1999). Implementing effective school achievement reform: Four principles. Paper presented at the School Counseling Summit, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, April 20.