Urie Bronfenbrenner

“Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressive more complex exchange between a child and someone else—especially

somebody who is crazy about that child.”

Emily Smeltzer, Heidi Blankenship, and MacKenzie Drinan

Biography

• Born: April 29th, 1917

• Died: Sept. 25th, 2005

• Higher Education• Cornell University, Harvard,

U of M

• Teaching • U of M and Cornell

University

www.bctr.cornell.edu 

Ecological Systems Theory for Child Development

• Microsystem• Parents, siblings, teachers, school friends

• Mesosystem• Parent/teacher communication, divorced parents

• Exosystem• Parent’s workplace, extended family members, the

neighborhood

• Macrosystem• Freedoms given by the government, cultural values,

the economy

http://www.catherineshafer.com/theorists.html

Importance

• Safe and stable learning environment

• Good communication with parents

• More encouraging and nurturing: the

better the child's development

• No bullying, cultivating good friendships

http://chronicleclassic.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept05/BronfenKids.jpg

Works Cited

• Oswalt, Angela. "Urie Bronfenbenner and Child Developement." MentalHelp.net. Beachway Therapy Center, 17 Jan. 2008. Web. 19 Sept.

2013. <www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=7930>.

• Danner, Fred. “Bronfenbenner, Urie 1917-2005.” education.com. Ross Medical Education Center, Dec. 23 2009. Web. 19 Sept. 2013. <www.education.com/reference/article/bronfenbrenner-urie-1917-2005/>

• Urie Bronfenbrenner (b. 1917) U.S. (Russian-born) psychologist, advocate for families. Quoted in Childhood, Robert H. Wozniak (1991). A viewer's guide produced in collaboration with Thirteen WNET. http://www.poemhunter.com/quotations/famous.asp?people=Urie+Bronfenbren ner