Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development / Edition 1

Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development / Edition 1

by Urie Bronfenbrenner
ISBN-10:
0761927123
ISBN-13:
2900761927128
Pub. Date:
06/28/2004
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Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development / Edition 1

Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development / Edition 1

by Urie Bronfenbrenner
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Overview

Bronfenbrenner (emeritus human development and psychology, Cornell U.) has compiled 19 papers, one by colleagues, written between 1942 and 2001 on the nature of bioecological theory and research, and using the ecology of human development to enhance the human condition. His main thesis is that to a greater extent than for any other species, humans create the environments that shape the course of human development; that their actions influence the multiple physical and cultural tiers of the ecology that shapes them; and that this agency makes humans active producers of their own development. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13: 2900761927128
Publication date: 06/28/2004
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Urie Bronfenbrenner is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Human Development and Psychology at Cornell University. He is best known as the founder and principal protagonist of his ground-breaking theory of the "Ecology of Human Development." Bronfenbrenner is one of the founders of Head Start and the recipient of numerous distinguished awards including six honorary degrees, three from European universities. He was the first recipient of the American Psychological Association's annual Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society. He has taught, lectured, consulted, and carried out research in the United States and all over the world, mainly in both Eastern and Western Europe, Japan, and Australia. His publications have been extensive and far-reaching . Urie Bronfenbrenner is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Psychological Society, American Psychological Association, Society for Research in Child Development, National Academy of Education, and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Bronfenbrenner received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Music from Cornell University, his Master's Degree from Harvard University, and his Doctorate from the University of Michigan. After service in the Armed Forces and a brief period at the University of Michigan, he returned to Cornell University for a long productive life of research and teaching, as well as assisting with the raising of his six children. Since his retirement in 1987, he has continued to research, to write, to teach, and to travel extensively.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvii
Dedicationviii
Forewordix
Introductionxxvii
Section IOn the Nature of Bioecological Theory and Research1
Section Introduction1
1.The Bioecological Theory of Human Development (2001)3
2.Social Ecology Over Time and Space (1995)16
3.Social Status, Structure, and Development in the Classroom Group (1942)22
4.The Social Ecology of Human Development: A Retrospective Conclusion (1973)27
5.Lewinian Space and Ecological Substance (1977)41
6.A Future Perspective (1979)50
7.Toward a Critical History of Development: A Propaedeutic Discussion (1986)60
8.Interacting Systems in Human Development. Research Paradigms: Present and Future (1988)67
9.The Developing Ecology of Human Development: Paradigm Lost or Paradigm Regained (1989)94
10.Ecological Systems Theory (1992)106
11.Heredity, Environment and the Question "How": A First Approximation (1993)174
12.Growing Chaos in the Lives of Children, Youth, and Families: How Can We Turn It Around? (2001)185
Section IIUsing the Ecology of Human Development to Enhance the Human Condition199
Section Introduction199
13.The Split-Level American Family (1967)201
14.Minority Report of Forum 15: 1970 White House Conference on Children (1970)210
15.Two Worlds of Childhood: U.S. and U.S.S.R. (1970)215
16.Is 80% of Intelligence Genetically Determined? (1975)234
17.The Future of Childhood (1985)246
18.Strengthening Family Systems (1988)260
19.Child Care in the Anglo-Saxon Mode (1992)274
Afterword283
Author Index285
Subject Index291
About the Author303
About the Foreword and Afterword Authors305
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