Educational Psychology in Social Context: Ecosystemic applications in southern Africa 7e Authors: David Donald, Joanne Hardman, Sandy Lazarus and Nadeen Moolla Educational Psychology in Social Context: Ecosystemic applications in southern Africa applies...
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Educational Psychology in Social Context: Ecosystemic applications in southern Africa 7e Authors: David Donald, Joanne Hardman, Sandy Lazarus and Nadeen Moolla Educational Psychology in Social Context: Ecosystemic applications in southern Africa applies educational psychology to aid teachers and other educators to enhance the learning experience of students. The book uses Uri Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological systems theory as a guiding framework for understanding child development and the environmental barriers to learning faced by children. This ecosystemic approach examines how different spheres from the family to the community to wider social structures influence a child’s development and learning and how these interactions are impacted by the passage of time. It is broad enough as a model to allow educational psychologists to approach contextual or social problems from a perspective that takes cognisance of the child’s own identity and reality. The book interprets ecosystems theory from
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