The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design

By Urie Bronfenbrenner

Book Overview

To understand the way children develop, Bronfenbrenner believes that it is necessary to observe their behavior in natural settings, while they are interacting with familiar adults over prolonged periods of time. His book offers an important blueprint for constructing a new and ecologically valid psychology of development.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674224566
• ISBN13: 9780674224568
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A 'Must' for Family Researchers

Bronfenbrenner is a must for family researchers to define the variables of human development from the individual to the community and world surrounding them. A highly recommended theory for social/family researchers.

Bronfenbrenner at his best.

I have been in search of this book at an affordable price for many years. Bronfenbrenner's 'ecological systems' model is a brilliant framework through which to look at inextricable factors present in the individual's developmental environment. His definitions and hypotheses are clearly stated, his argument is sound and thought provoking and he brings together psychological theory and concepts that enhance theoretical understanding. A collector's book, excellent price, condition and value Judith Hudson Wales. UK