ashlee stevens. age: 16 years old grade: 10 male good health

ECOLOGICAL MAPASSESSMENT TASK

EDFD 127

ASHLEE STEVENS

Meet, Leon Moretti

•AGE: 16 years old

•GRADE: 10

•Male

•Good Health

STATISTICSCHARACTERISTIC STATISTIC STATISTIC STATISTIC

-16 years old In 2005, 2, 792, 454 people were aged 10-19 (‘adolescences’) in the Australian population= 13.9% (ABS, 2005)

-Technologically Advanced-“Generation Y” -‘Milgen’ - Technology

66% of households have access to a computer at home (ABS, 2003)

53% of households have access to the internet from a home computer (ABS, 2003)

60% of 15-24 year olds access the internet on a home computer at least once a week (ABS, 2001)

80% of full time students have internet access (ABS, 2001)

73% of 16 yr olds have there own mobile phone(ABS, 2002)

80% of 15-17 yr olds, send at least one text message per day (ABS, 2002)

-Male, Year 10 student-Catholic School

28, 763 males Total = 57, 526 (50% males, 50% females) (ABS, 2007)

School Students in AUS = 1, 410,646 (ABS, 2004)

School Students in AUS = 1, 410,646 (ABS, 2004)21.2% = Catholic Schools

34% of secondary students are enrolled in NSW schools, the highest in Australia (ABS, 2004)

-Divorced Parents-Lives with mother

22, 925 women, have the status ‘divorced’(ABS, 2002)

19.3% of families are ‘single-parent families’ and is continuing to increase.(ABS, 2003)

-Part time Job 48% of 15-19 yr olds, in AUS, are employed.(ABS, 1996)

23% of the working 15-19 yr olds, worked part-time(ABS, 1996)

The median weekly income for 15-25 years is $181.00(ABS, 1996)

BROFENBRENNER’S MODEL MACRO-SYSTEM

EXO-SYSTEM

MESO-SYSTEM

MICRO- SYSTEM

MICRO-SYSTEM

The micro-system is the inner most layer of Brofenbrenner’s model of the ecological Map.

It contains “face-to-face settings with which the children are involved” (Bowes & Grace, 2009, pg 8), which thus, are the most direct influences on the child.

“Settings are seen to influence children not only through their physical features and activities, but through the personality and belief systems of people in those settings” (Bowes & Grace, 2009, pg 8)

MICRO-SYSTEM

CATHOLIC SCHOOL,

LOCAL AREA

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED

PARENTS DIVORCED

LIVES WITH MUM MODERATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC-

STATUS

HAS A PART-TIME JOB

PLAYS IN SOCCER TEAM

MESO-SYSTEM

The meso-system is the next layer outside the micro-system. This system reflects the “interrelationships between settings in which the child actively participates” (Bowes &

Grace, 2009, pg 8), that is, the connections between the various activities and contexts of the child.

MESO-SYSTEM

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS =

CATHOLICISM

SINGLE PARENT= FULL TIME

JOB LOCAL SCHOOL= EASY

ACCESS

ITALIAN HERITAGE

MESO-SYSTEM

MESO-SYSTEM

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS =

CATHOLICISM

SINGLE PARENT= FULL TIME

JOB LOCAL SCHOOL=

EASY ACCESS

ITALIAN HERITAGE

MICRO-SYSTEM

CATHOLIC SCHOOL,

LOCAL AREA

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED

PARENTS DIVORCED

LIVES WITH MUM

MODERATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC-STATUS

HAS A PART-TIME JOB

PLAYS IN SOCCER TEAM

EXO-SYSTEM

The next layer of the model is the exo-system. This system influences the individual, however, from a distance, as there is no direct involvement with the characteristics of this layer. (Bowes & Grace, 2009)

It shows the “linkages between two or more settings.” (Bowes & Grace, 2009, pg 8)

EXO-SYSTEM

GOVERNMENT “SINGLE

PARENT PENSION”

MOTHER CAN AFFORD TO SEND

SON TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL

MOTHER IS SECTRETARY AT/

PLAYS FOR LOCAL SOCCER

CLUB

EXO-SYSTEM

EXO-SYSTEM

GOVERNMENT “SINGLE PARENT

PENSION”

MOTHER CAN AFFORD TO

SEND SON TO CATHOLIC

SCHOOL

MOTHER IS SECRETARY AT/ PLAYS

FOR LOCAL SOCCER CLUB

MICRO-SYSTEM

CATHOLIC SCHOOL, LOCAL AREA

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED

PARENTS DIVORCED

LIVES WITH MUM

MODERATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC-

STATUS

HAS A PART-TIME JOB

PLAYS IN SOCCER TEAM

MACRO-SYSTEM

The macro-system is the broadest and outer-most layer of the ecological map. It contains the “broad societal or cultural contexts,…set of values or cultural belief systems around which life in a society is organised” (Bowes & Grace, 2009, pg 8)

Influences are often on a global scale.

MACRO-SYSTEM

GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECESSION

MULTICULTURALISM IN AUSTRALIA

“GENERATION Y”

MILGEN,

GLOBILISATION,

TECHNOLOGY

MACRO-SYSTEM

GLOBAL ECONOMIC

RECESSION

MULTICULTURALISM IN

AUSTRALIA

“GENERATION Y”

MILGEN,

GLOBILISATION,

TECHNOLOGY

MESO-SYSTEM

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

=CATHOLICISM

SINGLE PARENT=

FULL TIME JOB

LOCAL SCHOOL=

EASY ACCESS

ITALIAN HERITAGE

MICRO-SYSTEM

CATHOLIC SCHOOL,

LOCAL AREA

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED

PARENTS DIVORCED

LIVES WITH MUM

MODERATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC-STATUS

HAS A PART-TIME JOB

PLAYS IN SOCCER TEAM

GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECESSION

“GENERATION Y”

AUSTRALIA=MULTICULTURALISM

“SINGLE PARENT

PENSION”

MOTHER INVOLVED

WITH SOCCER

CLUB

RELIGIOUS

BELIEFS =

CATHOLICISM

SINGLE

PARENT= FULL

TIME JOB LOCAL SCHOOL=

EASY ACCESS

ITALIAN HERITAGE

CATHOLIC SCHOOL,

LOCAL AREA

TECHNOLOGICALLY

ADVANCED

PARENTS DIVORCED

LIVES WITH MUM

MODERATE SOCIO-

ECONOMIC-STATUS

HAS A PART-TIME JOB

PLAYS IN SOCCER TEAM

MICROSYSTEM

MESO-SYSTEM

EXO-SYSTEM

MACRO-SYSTEM