Urie Bronfenbrenner

Urie Bronfenbrenner
Born(1917-04-29)April 29, 1917
DiedSeptember 25, 2005(2005-09-25) (aged 88)
NationalityRussian (formerly)
American
Alma materCornell University
Harvard University
University of Michigan
Known forEcological systems theory, co-founder of the Head Start program
SpouseLiese Price
Children6, including Kate
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental psychology

Urie Bronfenbrenner (April 29, 1917 – September 25, 2005) was a Russian-born American psychologist best known for using a contextual framework to better understand human development.[1] This framework, broadly referred to as 'ecological systems theory', was formalized in an article published in American Psychologist,[2] articulated in a series of propositions and hypotheses in his most cited book, The Ecology of Human Development[3] and further developed in The Bioecological Model of Human Development [4] and later writings. He argued that natural experiments and applied developmental interventions provide valuable scientific opportunities.[2] These beliefs were exemplified in his involvement in developing the US Head Start program in 1965.[5] Bronfenbrenner's writings about the limitations of understanding child development solely from experimental laboratory research and the potential for using contextual variability to provide insight into developmental processes [3] was important in changing the focus of developmental psychology.[5]

  1. ^ Ceci, Stephen J. (2006). "Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005)". American Psychologist. 61 (2): 173–174. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.61.2.173. ISSN 1935-990X. Archived from the original on 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  2. ^ a b Bronfenbrenner, Urie (1977). "Toward an experimental ecology of human development". American Psychologist. 32 (7): 513–531. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.32.7.513. ISSN 1935-990X. Archived from the original on 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  3. ^ a b Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979).The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  4. ^ Bronfenbrenner, Urie; Morris, Pamela A. (2007-06-01), Damon, William; Lerner, Richard M. (eds.), "The Bioecological Model of Human Development", Handbook of Child Psychology, Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. chpsy0114, doi:10.1002/9780470147658.chpsy0114, ISBN 978-0-470-14765-8, archived from the original on 2023-05-08, retrieved 2023-04-03
  5. ^ a b "Urie Bronfenbrenner, 88; Co-founder of Head Start Urged Closer Family Ties". Los Angeles Times. 27 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2013-10-06.