week 6, february 18, thursday  Garcia Coll & Szalacha. The multiple contexts of middle childhood. the one five o

assignment Bronfenbrenner, U. (1994). Ecological models of human development.  Respond to focus questions in your blog (1 paragraph each)  Bronfenbrenner organizes the ecological system in which students develop into 5 main pieces. Give a brief definition in your own words for each.  Describe one or two examples of things you, personally, can see better with this model. the one five o

new students to te150 7 visitors from Southwest University in Sichuan Province, China the one five o

module 2 Learning and the Urban Environment the one five o

Garcia Coll & Szalacha  Cynthia Garcia Coll, Brown University  Laura Szalacha, Arizona State University the one five o

the big ideas in this piece My reaction:  interesting and very important ideas  not easy for me to identify the main points the one five o

the big ideas in this piece  Students’ learning and development can be better understood if we can see it as part of the ecology in which they live  Most aspects of this ecology can have positive, negative, or positive & negative effects the one five o

ecological perspectives on student development  What are the differences between an individual and ecological perspective on student learning and development?  How does this change in perspective alter what can be seen? the one five o

an ecological perspective on learning  Ecology: the study of living things that focuses on how a living thing is interrelated with other living things and its physical environment the one five o

an ecological perspective on learning  Ecological perspective on learning: a perspective that looks at how students’ learning is interrelated with other people and other aspects of their environment  Why “interrelated”, not just “related”? the one five o

two sides of the same coin  Most aspects of a student’s ecology can be seen as positively, negatively, or both positively and negatively related to their learning and development. the one five o

two sides of the same coin Terms Garcia Coll use to describe the positives and negatives  benefits & risks  promoting and inhibiting  assets & deficiencies Similar terms  affordances & constraints the one five o

discuss Inhibiting and promoting school environments  According to Garcia Coll, students in segregated schools can face serious challenges, but may also experience it as a “promoting” environment.  What did she mean?  What examples from your own experience can you see of a particular quality of a school environment be both inhibiting and promoting? the one five o

environments Garcia Coll identifies three environments that may promote or inhibit student development  School  Neighborhood  Popular media the one five o

discuss Neighborhoods: What do you see?  Consider the city you grew up in, or one that you’re quite familiar with  What were the different neighborhoods? What salient similarities and differences do you see? the one five o

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