CLD 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lev Vygotsky, Cultural-Historical Psychology, Theoretical Ecology

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 231
• Professor: Audrey Huberman

Document Summary

Cld 231; chapter 3: part 1 september 24th, 2018. Perspectives that enhance the understanding of families: socio-cultural theory: A child"s circumstances impact all areas of learning. Cultural aspects: concepts of beauty and education etc. Social factors: family roles and status family system is interrelated and interconnected system theory: 1: complementary of roles, open vs closed. Closed: function of internal and external factors: homeostasis/ balance: Families re-establish balance through accessing resources: climate, subsystems, boundaries, family roles, hierarchy, rules. Systems are made up of relationship and interactions that impact development (urie. Bonfrenbernner) all systems are reciprocal and dynamic. Microsystem: environments with which an individual has direct and ongoing dyadic interactions (home, school, neighbour hood etc) Mesosystem: relationship among one or more of an ind auscrosystem (home and school) Exosystem: environments with which the individual does not interact yet impacts development (institutional government decisions and policies, societal norms and laws)