Ecological MapChristopher Craven

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Name: Jack RowGender: MaleAge: 14 yearsAddress: 8 Lenox Road, Byron BaySchool Year: Year 8School: Byron Public SchoolFamily Pattern: Single parent family (Father),

with a younger sister

Statistics• School helps teach innovation in pedagogy,

curriculum and assessment, grounded in an idea that aims to make school relevant and engaging for young students. (Bahr and Pendergast, 2007, p.204)

• Studies show that students who plan on enrolling into tertiary study were more engaged than those who planned to leave school and go to work.(NSW DET, 2006, p. 212 - 213)

• New South Wales middle years consist of years 5 – 6 and 7 – 8, the transition between primary and high school. There has been a revised syllabus for years 7 – 10 and there is now statewide testing for both literacy and numeracy(Bahr and Pendergast, 2007, p. 211)

Ecological Map

Microsystem

• Closest to the child and contains structures that the child has direct contact with.

• At this level relationships can have impact in twodirections – both away from the child and towards the child.

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• Family• Schools

• Child care• Community and Church

Mesosystem

• This layer provides the connection betweenthe structures of the child’s Microsystem

• Connections among Microsystems that foster development

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• Low to middle income family• Neighbourhood he lives in

Exosystem

• This layer defines the larger system in whichthe child does not function directly with.

• The structures in the layer impact on the child’s development by interacting with some structures in the inner layer – Microsytem

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• To set him up for the future• Good school (Public Education)

Macrosystem

• This layer is considered the outmost layer in the child’s environment.

• While not being a specific framework this layer is comprised of laws and values that have a cascading influence throughout the interactions of all other layers.

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• His future chosen career• University or TAFE

Chronosystem

• Changes in the child’s environment which produce new conditions that affect development.

• This system encompasses the dimension of time as it relates to the child’s environment.

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• World economic prices• School fees

• Fuel for the car

References

• NSW Board of Studies. (2009). www.boardofstudies.nsw.gov.au

• Australian Government. (2009). www.australia.gov.au

• NSW Government. (2009). www.nsw.gov.au• Bahr, N & Pendergast, D. (2007). The Millennial

Adolescent. ACER Press.• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2009).

www.abs.gov.au• Martin, J. (2009). Contexts for Learning and

Development. Lecture Notes.• http://

www3.uakron.edu/witt/rmfcs/humecol.htm• http://gozips.uakron.edu/~susan8/devparch/th

eorists.htm