Making human beings human : bioecological perspectives on human development / Urie Bronfenbrenner, editor.

Other author Bronfenbrenner, Urie, 1917-2005.
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©2005.
Descriptionxxix, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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SeriesSage program on applied developmental science
Sage program on applied developmental science. ^A608994
Contents Foreword / Richard M. Lerner -- Introduction -- section I. On the nature of bioecological theory and research -- Section introduction -- 1. The bioecological theory of human development (2001) -- 2. Social ecology over time and space (1995) / R.B. Cairns, B.D. Cairns -- 3. Social status, structure, and development in the classroom group (1942) -- 4. The social ecology of human development : a retrospective conclusion (1973) -- 5. Lewinian space and ecological substance (1977) -- 6. A future perspective (1979) -- 7. Toward a critical history of development : a propaedeutic discussion (1986) -- 8. Interacting systems in human development. Research paradigms : present and future (1988) -- 9. The developing ecology of human development : paradigm lost or paradigm regained (1989) -- 10. Ecological systems theory (1992) -- 11. Heredity,environment and the question "how" : a first approximation (1993) -- 12. Growing chaos in the lives of children, youth, and families : how can we turn it around? (2001) -- section II. Using the ecology of human development to enhance the human condition -- Section introduction -- 13. The split-level American family (1967) -- 14. Minority report of Forum 15 : 1970 White House Conference on Children (1970) -- 15. Two worlds of childhood : U.S. and U.S.S.R. (1970) -- 16. Is 80% of intelligence genetically determined? (1975) -- 17. The future of childhood (1985) -- 18. Strengthening family systems (1988) -- 19. Child care in the Anglo-Saxon mode (1992) -- Afterword / Steven F. Hamilton, Stephen J. Ceci.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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