Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Framework Essay

The Bronfenbrenner’s ecological framework is compound of five layers which are: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chonosystems. Children’s experiences may be influenced by different contexts affecting children’s prospects as adults (Ramsey, 2015, p. 15). Within the first layer the child has direct contact with family, school and neighborhoods. Interacting with parents, siblings, peers, teachers and adults, children’s beliefs and behavior may be affected. According to Gonzalez-Mena transformative education occurs when two people or groups come together and both are transformed by interaction. Transformative education is more common to happen in a diverse environment (Gonzalez-Mena, 2008; p 25). People interacting within any of the five layers of the Bronfenbrenner’s ecological framework are learning about the world as they participate and interact in social, political and economic

I as parent had the opportunity to learn from my children some basic English words to communicate with their teachers or doctors at the same time as they were learning English. Another example is that I as an educator have had the opportunity of learning from my students about their culture, traditions and customs. It is like a chain of learning because every body in the Bronfenbrenner’s ecological framework learns from each other. The experiences that children and adults experience through each layer will prepare them to face, understand and adapt easily to the real world. On the other hand, a child with simple parent education will have lack of basic collaboration and communication skills and difficulties adapting to a new environment. He or she will be in disadvantage at the time of face the real