Urie Bronfenbrenner
BIOGRAPHY Born April 29 th 1917 in Moscow, Russia Immigrated to US in 1923 at the age of 6 Graduated from Cornell in 1938 Double major Psychology and Music Masters from Harvard Developmental psychology
Biography Continued PhD from University of Michigan One day after graduating was inducted into Army as a Psychologist Returned to Cornell University in 1948 Died September 25, 2005 in Ithaca, NY
Biography Continued “Father” of Head Start Famous for views on ecological psychology Interactions with others and environment are key to development We experience more than one type of environment
MICROSYSTEM
MESOSYSTEM
EXOSYSTEM
MACROSYSTEM
CHRONOSYSTEM
HEAD START
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