Major Contributor to Human Development: Urie Bronfenbrenner

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Major Contributor to Human Development : Urie Bronfenbrenner

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Human development is influenced by many factors . Among the most important ones is the context or setting in which the individual lives in . They include the home , school , church and others . Bronfenbrenner calls these settings , `Microsystems ' and argues that their nature influences the way the child develops . This paper discuses Microsystems and how they influence human development

Introduction

Human development is a complex process that is influenced by

many things . By definition , it is a set of processes via which properties relating to an individual and to the environment in which he /she lives interact to give rise to change and constancy in the individual 's biopsychological characteristics over the life course (Bronfenbrenner 2005 ,

109 . Human development theorists are concerned with questions like why are human beings the way they are ? Why do abilities of adults differ from those of children and how can children develop into full adults

This paper discuses the influence of Microsystems on human development as theorized by Urie Bronfenbrenner

Microsystems and Human Development

Scholars have come up with theories to explain human development and out of these Urie Bronfenbrenner stands out as one of the greatest theorists . His Ecological Systems Theory identifies five nested systems which influence human development . They are the Microsystem , which is the setting in which one lives including neighborhood , school , and home Second is the Mesosystem , which refers to the relationships between Microsystems...