Urie bronfenbrenner

Urie Bronfenbrenner, a co-founder of the national Head Start program and widely regarded as one of the world's leading scholars in developmental psychology, child-rearing and human ecology died on Sept. 25.

Urie Bronfenbrenner - Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research

Urie Brofenbrenner believed that the outside world has a large part in the development of a child. His theory explained that a child was in the middle of a circle with 5 rings. The innermost ring was the most influential and each ring going outwards was slightly less influential but was also a less controllable environment. (Kail & Zolner. 2017)

Urie Bronfenbrenner - psychologist, known for developing his Ecological Systems Theory & Head Start program

A half century ago, Cornell developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner gave Congressional testimony that eventually led to the creation of the Head Start program.

Urie Bronfenbrenner was a Russian-born American developmental psychologist famous for his ecological systems theory of child development.

Ecological systems theory was developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner. It offers a framework through which community psychologists examine individuals' relationships within communities and the wider society. The theory is also commonly referred to as the ecological/systems framework

Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model