week 7, february 23, tuesday

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1994). Ecological models of human development.

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assignment (revised)

Culture and Education: The case of 2 Million Minutes

Introduction to "2 Million Minutes"

Reactions to 2 Million Minutes USA Today Yong Zhao, MSU

Focus questions for your blog (1 paragraph each) What do you think most Americans think are

differences between American and Asian students? How might these impressions of Asian students be

related to Americans' ideas about Asian culture?

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inquiry project

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urie bronfenbrenner

Professor at Cornell University

Created the Head Start program, 1965

"Perhaps more than any other single individual, Urie Bronfenbrenner changed America's approach to child rearing and created a new interdisciplinary scholarly field, which he defined as the ecology of human development.”

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urie bronfenbrenner

Ecological approach to studying child development

See two contrasting quotes p. 38

With respect to development, from the ecological perspective the value of heritability is both higher and lower than hitherto reported in the literature

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urie bronfenbrenner

"The hectic pace of modern life poses a threat to our children second only to poverty and unemployment…We are depriving millions of children -- and thereby our country -- of their birthright … virtues, such as honesty, responsibility, integrity and compassion."

"The signs of this breakdown are all around us in the ever growing rates of alienation, apathy, rebellion, delinquency and violence among American youth”

"It is still possible to avoid that fate. We now know what it takes to enable families to work the magic that only they can perform. The question is, are we willing to make the sacrifices and the investment necessary to enable them to do so?"

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bronfrenbrenner’s ecological model

Proximal processes

Enduring forms of interaction between a person and the persons, objects, and symbols in their immediate environment. These processes shape human development.

symbols: something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, e.g., a few years ago, General Motors had become a symbol of what was wrong with the American auto industry.

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bronfrenbrenner’s ecological model

The influence of the proximal processes is function of

characteristics of the developing person

the immediate and remote environment

the nature of the developmental outcomes

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proximal processes

Enduring forms of interaction between a person and the persons, objects, and symbols in their immediate environment

Aspects of being human: honesty, responsibility, integrity and compassion

In small groups, consider how the development of one of these aspects of being human are influenced by (other persons), objects, and symbols

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