'West Side Family Place' and Ecological Theory
The second Theory is called Ecological Theory (ET) , which explores the impacts of the environment on one's development and opportunities in society. ET assumes that humans depend on the outside environment to meet our needs (1). This environment includes other humans we are social with and depend on, which means we need human connection for survival and development (1)! In our environment, we have layers that all directly affect each other and impact one's experience. Looking at families under an ecological approach, we can identify that their microsystem consists of parents, child(ren), schools, care centres, workplaces, and places of worship (1). The mesosystem is how the interactions within the microsystem affect a family (1). This means that one family is impacted by how all members are doing, the state of schools, care centres, places of worship and other resources within their microsystem. ET tells us that family experiences are distinct because of a combination of thi...
