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Book Synopsis Making Human Beings Human tells the remarkable scientific story of Urie Bronfenbrenner's journey toward 'a bioecology of human development'- a dynamic perspective of individuals in ever-changing, multi-level contexts. Building upon years of distinguished teaching and research at Cornell, the author skillfully weaves each part of his story together, highlighting the puzzles and fresh insights that enhance understanding. This is a marvelous book to read and cherish from one of our giants in the field of human development.
-Glen H. Elder, University of North Carolina
This volume is a remarkable compilation of several critical writings of one of the most influential developmental psychologists of the 20th, and now 21st, century. Making Human Beings Human is an essential reader for all students of human development, whether they are undergraduates, graduate students, teachers, practitioners, or policy makers. . . . To read this book is to
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"Making Human Beings Human tells the remarkable scientific story of Urie Bronfenbrenner′s journey toward ′a bioecology of human development′- a dynamic perspective of individuals in ever-changing, multi-level contexts. Building upon years of distinguished teaching and research at Cornell, the author skillfully weaves each part of his story together, highlighting the puzzles and fresh insights that enhance understanding. This is a marvelous book to read and cherish from one of our giants in the field of human development."
-- Glen H. Elder
"This volume is a remarkable compilation of several critical writings of one of the most influential developmental psychologists of the 20th, and now 21st, century. Making Human Beings Human is an essential reader for all students of human development, whether they are undergraduates, graduate students, teachers, practitioners, or policy makers. . . . To read this book is to be a passenger on an exhilarating six-decade-long journey of discovery which, for those interested in the landscape of human development, is every bit as exciting as a Lewis and Clark expedition."
-- John Eckenrode
In his latest book, Dr. Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory of human development offers an important framework upon which to examine the effectiveness of our early childhood policies, programs, and practices on the lives of America’s children and families. In the unfolding of his theory, we find evidence that what, when, and how we do our work does make a critical difference in the developmental outcomes of young children and their families, especially those who are most vulnerable. As a result, we are honor bound to examine our own beliefs and practices in whatever field we find ourselves in the realm of human development work to ensure that our approaches respect and recognize the unlimited potential of all human beings and provide the resources and support that all families need to engage in healthy and productive lives. -- Evelyn Moore
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Dedication Foreword - Richard M. Lerner Introduction Section I: ON THE NATURE OF BIOECOLOGICAL THEORY AND RESEARCH Section Introduction Article 1. The Bioecological Theory of Human Development (2001) Article 2. Social Ecology over Time and Space (1995) Article 3. Social Status, Structure, and Development in the Classroom Group (1942) Article 4. Social Ecology of Human Development (1973) Article 5. Lewinian Space and Ecological Substance (1977) Article 6. A Future Perspective (1979) Article 7. Toward a Critical History of Development. A Propaedeutic Discussion (1986) Article 8. Interacting Systems in Human Development. ResearchParadigms: Present and Future (1988) Article 9. Developing Ecology (1989) Article 10. Ecological Systems Theory (1992) Article 11. Heredity, Environment and the Question "How." A First Approximation (1993) Section II: USING THE ECOLOGY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE THE HUMAN CONDITION Section Introduction Article 12. Growing Chaos in the Lives of Children and Families. How Can We Turn it Around? (2001) Article 13. The Split Level American Family (1967) Article 14. Minority Report of Forum 15- 1970 White House Conference on Children (1970) Article 15. Two Worlds of Childhood: U.S. and U.S.S.R. (1970) Article 16. Is 80% of Intelligence Genetically Determined? (1975) Article 17. The Future of Childhood (1985) Article 18. Strengthening Family Systems (1988) Article 19. Child Care in the Anglo-Saxon Mode (1992) Afterword - Stephen F. Hamilton and Stephen J. Ceci
