1. Bronfenbrenner and the Ecological Systems Theory
By Haylea Brewer

2. The
Individual

3. Mircosystem This is the immediate environment or setting that the child lives in. It includes all the interactions and relationships that occur in this setting for example it will include the child’s immediate family and where they are currently being educated.
Family &
Home
Local store
or Shopping
Centre
Local Park
or Recreation
Area
Microsystem
Child Care Center or School

4. The Mesosystem This system has a link to the microsystem, this links the child’s home life to the life that they are experiencing at school. For example parents are to play a role in the child’s schooling and participate in the child’s process of education and the involvement that is going on at home.
The Mesosystem
The Mircosystem
Family and
Home
Local Store or
Shopping Centre
The Individual
Local Park or Recreation Centre
Child Care Centre or School

5. The Exosystem This is a system where the child’s participation is not direct but will have a large impact on the child. This may include things such as the parents employment status, government factors or the media. The child will not have any participation with their parents work place but the parents access to leave, work hours, policies and income level impact on the child.
Government
Media
The Exosystem
Extended Family e.g. Aunts and Uncles
The parents workplace

6. The Marcosystem This is wider cultural environment or social setting that the child is born in. The family will have their own individual beliefs and their cultural background which will impact on the child as they may have different ways of living or different beliefs to others. It also involve laws which are set out by government that influence the inner part of the systems.
Laws
Culture
The Macrosystem
Customs
Beliefs and
Values

7. The Macrosystem The Exsosystem Culture Government Media The Mesosystem
The Mircosystem
Values and
Beliefs
Family
And Home
The Individual
Local Park
Or Recreation
Area
Local Store
Or Shopping
Centre
Child Care
Centre Or
School
Laws
Extended Family
The Parents Work Place
Customs

8. Statistics Found
Females in Sydney under the age of 7
Whole of Australia
7.8 %
10.7
Parents Divorced
Exact number unknown but divorce is increasing since 2002 from 60% - 30%

9. Referencing Websites used www.google.com – Image (Of Child)
– Burea of Statistics
Text Used –
Emerging – Child Development in the First Three Years Dianne Nixon & Katy Gould (1999) Pages: Chapter One
Infants and Children (6th Edition)Laura E. Berk Boston: Pearson Education Chapter One