Urie brofenbrenner

Urie Brofenbrenner

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  • Birth

    Birth

    Born in Moscow.
  • Moscow to USA

    Moscow to USA

    Brofenbrenner's family immigrated to the USA when he was 6
  • Bachelor's degree

    Bachelor's degree

    Brofenbrenner graduated from Cornell with a double major in Psychology and Music
  • Master's degree

    Master's degree

    Brofenbrenner completes his master's degree in education at Harvard University.
  • Doctorate degree

    Doctorate degree

    Brofenbrenner is awarded is PhD in Developmental psychology from the University of Michigan
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    Inlisted to the Army

    Brofenbrenner serves in the US Army as a psychologist
  • Assistant Professor

    Assistant Professor

    Brofenbrenner returns to Cornell as an assistant professor in human development, family studies and psychology.
  • Founded Head Start program

    Founded Head Start program

    President LBJ's war on poverty motivated this program. The purpose was to give children from lower incomes education, nutrition and other essential services to maximize their developmental potential.
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    Phase 1 "Ecological theory"

  • Published "The Ecology of Human Development"

    This was the first iteration of his Bioecological model (the ecological model).
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    Phase 2 "Ecological theory with the Chronosystem"

  • Published "The context of development and the development of context"

    This paper was published during the second phase of his revision on the ecological theory
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    Phase 3 "Bioecological theory"

  • Published "On Making Human Beings Human"

    This publication marks the final iteration of his theory.

  • Death

    Brofenbrenner died in Ithaca, New York at the age of 88