Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model

Urie Bronfenbrenner argues that in order to understand the cycle of how a humandevelops one must take into consideration the entire ecological system of ones life spam wherethe human grows(Myers 2013).Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model is made of five subsystems:Microsystems, Mesosysten, Exosystem, Macrosystem, and Chronosystem. These systems are setup to help the human grow physically and mentally through out the long life course. The modelhelps to understand how everything in a child's environment affects how the child grows anddevelops. The Microsystems is a small setting and takes place in the immediate environmentwhere the adolescent lives in. Their Macrosystem will include close
relationships andorganizations they interact with on a daily basis.
Such as their immediate family, care givers,school, peers, church, community, and work place . How these relationships and organizationsconnect has to do with how well the adolescent grows. For example, if an adolescent who livesin a household with two parents, involved in the community, and are keeping busy with otheracademic activities are most likely to succeed. Where as an adolescent who lives with one parent,no community involvement, and doing no extra curricular activities might not be as successful.The adolescent is actively engaged and influenced by the Microsystem. The Mesosystem refers to connections and interrelationships among micro systems suchas homes, school, peers, and community. Bronfenbrenner believes that the development betweenthe Microsystem and the mesosystem should be strong and supportive( Shaffer 2009). Forexample a adolescent who lives with both parents in a stable and harmonious relationship ismore likely to enjoy close and supportive relationships throughout their life. The results of achild education not only had to do with the teachers but as well as how the parents interact withtheir children's education. It is extremely important that
the micro system and mesosystem collars rate in order to ensure the adolescent a bright future.
The exosystem are settings thatinfluence the individual socialization thought they have no direct role in them. The Exosystemcontains events that does not actively participate in an individual's every day basis but still hadan effect on development (Donohue 2013). Ecosystems are not permanent, like a parent losingtheir job and not being able to provide for their family. Leading to having to move houses thatcan also have an impact on the adolescent. The macrosystem are the outer layer of a persons environment such as, culture, ethnicity,and socioeconomic status. One example of this system would be socioeconomic status. If afamily is low-income often times the adolescent is forced to start working at a younger age thanothers or asked to watch over their sibling while their parents works. This part of the systemaffects the adolescents growth, allowing them to become responsible and motivated. The chronosystem includes environmental events and historical circumstances throughouttheir entire life span. These events did not necessarily happen during their life, usually happenbefore. Environmental events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes that might have ledthem to where they are today. Personal transitions such as a family member can have an imp t ontheir life, especially if that perks was someone signifies lily important to
them.
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