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THEORY EVIEW ORM R F TEMPLATE
Write the central research question for your study.
How can the problem of chronic absenteeism be solved at Thornton High School in
Colorado?
Basic Information About the Theory
Identify the theory.
The Ecology of Human Development
Identify the primary theorist(s). List them.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Identify where or how this theory originated.
Urie Bronfenbrenner states that he was heavenly influenced by the interactions that took
place when he was a young boy living in New York with his father who worked at a
medical institution that worked with what Bronfenbrenner called the feeble-minded that
were sent to his father's institution. He began to realize that the children who were being
sent were not feeble-minded at all, but they scored low enough on education tests that they
would never be allowed to leave his father's institution. By observing these children and
how they interacted with the surroundings and the direct result it had on them as they grew
up and eventually left, it would eventually become the core of his later theory on the
influences that affect children as they grow. When he got older, he had the opportunity to
examine cultures in Western and Eastern Europe, the U.S.S.R., Israel, and even China. In
these examinations it further led to his development that people ended up being influenced
by their ecologies in which they lived in and grew.
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Review of Theoretical Article or Book Selection #1
Note: It is preferred for the first source to be the of your selected theorist. A seminal work
seminal work is a primary text written by the person credited with developing the theory. If the
seminal work for your chosen theory is not available, select another resource that provides a
basic understanding of the theory.
List the reference in current APA.
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and
design. Harvard University Press.
In 5–10 sentences, summarize the theory using citations.
