ECOLOGICAL MAP

1. ECOLOGICAL MAP

2. Humour Ambitious Mateship Honesty Friendship Laid back Aboriginal AUSTRALIAN AVATAR Serious Spirit Traits intellectual Fighters Humanitarianism Immunisation Spiritual Enthusiastic athletic Reliable

3. Ben Tucker • Gender – Male • D.O.B – 04/01/96 • Age – 12 years old • Height: 4’’11’’ • Weight: 75KG • Location – Bankstown Sydney NSW • Background – Aboriginal • Education – Secondary School, Year 7 • School – Bankstown Boys • Employment – Factory Work with his father • SES- Middle Lower Class • Health – Excellent.

4. Benjamin's Family Patterns Mother – Coorah Numi • Age – 47 • D.O.B -02/05/1963 • Background – born in South Australia and moved to NSW with Narrah after marriage in 1983 to begin a family. • Employment – None • Hobbies – Cooking, cleaning and caring for the children. Brother – Adoni Tucker • Age – 10 • D.O.B – 04/08/1999 • Background – Born in NSW and was brought up with learning the culture and values of his heritage. • Education – Home School • Hobbies - Playing games such as : Spearing the Disc and Spin Ball Father – Narrah Tucker • Age – 49 • D.O.B – 29/11/1959 • Background – Lived in South Australia and moved to NSW with Coorah after marriage to find a job and begin a family. • Employment – Factory Work • Hobbies - Teaching young children about history and his culture. Sister – Arora Tucker • Age – 7 • D.O.B –22/07/1996 • Background – Born in NSW and is being brought up to learn house hold chores and the values of bringing up a family. • Education – Home School • Hobbies - Cooking and reading

5. Statistical Data

6. Benjamin Tucker Laws Society Global Community Government Macrosystem Culture Employment Health Care School Church School School • School • Family Family • Peers

8. Ben Tucker Setting in which an individual lives Ben Tucker and his family are under-serviced and that greater investment is needed to ensure "access to appropriate and responsive care, to drive good practice, quality improvement, and the achievement of better outcomes. The microsystem encompasses the relationships and interactions a child has with her immediate surroundings MICROSYSTEMS Family, Peers, School, Neighborhood Family – Farther, mother and his brother and sister Peers – Many work mates and school friends School – Bankstown Boys, Year 7 Neighbourhood – Dangerous and hostile

10. Ben Tucker Family Experiences to School Experiences • Ben experiences family parental rejection which has impacted his learning at school. In areas such as listen and learning, discipline and following class room rules. • Certain Peer influence has caused family turmoil in ways such as each family has different cultures and values. Which can be different from other families MESOSYSTEM -Relations between Microsystems, connections between contexts School experiences to church Ben’s school experiences is to learn and develop social skills and to enable him to form a relationship with fellow students . Church gives culture, values and beliefs to life and how Ben will perceive the world through guidance and support of his family. Bens religious beliefs are strongly influenced by the guidance and support of fellow peers and teachers.

11. Exosystem

12. Ben Tucker Experiences in a social setting in which an individual does not have an active role but which nevertheless influence experience in an immediate context Community The national “Sorry Day” is an example of how the community has apologised for past and how society is heading towards a better future. This will nevertheless affect Bens future by bearing towards an improved and better accepting nation. . EXOSYSTEM Government Governmental agencies fund parks, libraries that create microsystem environments. This provides Ben with beneficial support in social events and education resources . Coorah and Narrah’s job experiences will affect bens family life which, in turn, will affect Ben his brother and sisters travel requirements, job stress and amount of pay

14. Ben Tucker Attitudes/ideologies of the culture in which individuals live Status -Statistics articulate Ben Tucker will live 17.2 years lessa than most Australians due to his social and cultural background. -Bens status in Australia is lower class. Unemployment rates are high and health services are low. Ben’s education will be strongly affected by resources, income and his learning environment. Macrosystem Laws -Due to the diversity of Aboriginal people in Australia and the secret nature of certain aspects of customary law it is impossible to comprehensively identify all traditional offences, punishments and dispute resolution methods employed by Aboriginal people. Cultural Values -Ben’s cultural landscapes comprise one’s country in which are included sites, stories, preferred hunting and gathering places, the spirits of the land, and the natural resources. Bens core spiritual belief is oneness with the land and everything that lives on it.

15. Chronosystem Shape and Body Structure Financial Support External Internal Physiological Structure Health Facilities

16. Ben Tucker The patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course; effects created by time or critical periods in development Chronosystem -Elements within this system can be either external, such as the timing of a parent’s death, or internal, such as the physiological changes that occur with the aging of a child. -External elements that have influence Ben are better access to health facilities and better financial support for housing and education. -Internal elements such as shape and body structure will become visible as Ben ages. Ben will experience internal change throughout time.