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Coleman, Paul R.; Griffith, Mariellen – 1980
A brief review of systems theory provides a rationale for an underlying theoretical model within which systems theory can be more completely understood. The essence of the model is that persons are the major unit of study because the available means of satisfying "basic needs" define and shape interaction patterns in the family as in other human…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Counselor Role, Ecological Factors, Family Counseling
Loose, Kenneth D.; Koran, John J., Jr. – 1975
The technique originating from the study of ecological systems for the examination of dynamic educational systems over time is utilized. The technique is based on the theory of energy exchanges in interactions between variables. Using this technique, interactions among variables can be specified and simulated over time using an analog computer.…
Descriptors: Analog Computers, Ecological Factors, Ecology, Educational Experiments

Bronfenbrenner, Urie – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Discusses the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as contexts for child development. Describes studies on the interaction of genetics and environment, on relationships between the family and hospital care, day care, peers, schools, parental employment and support networks, the community, and major transition life…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Influence, Ecological Factors, Family Characteristics
MacGregor, Ronald N. – Education Canada, 1982
Discusses the inadequacy of educational programs for special groups--the handicapped/deficient and the exceptional. Offers suggestions for art activities for both groups, focusing on Reeve and Kauffman's four models (psychodynamic, humanistic, biophysical, ecological) to create activities for the handicapped/deficient and describing activities…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Biophysics, Disabilities
Krauss, Marty Wyngaarden – 1991
This presentation describes research on families with mentally retarded children, focusing on trends since 1983, the year that family research issues were reconceptualized in a paper titled "A Model of Stress, Coping, and Family Ecology" by Keith Crnic and others. The trend analysis concentrates on four issues: (1) the magnitude of the impact of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Rearing, Coping, Ecological Factors

Keyfitz, Nathan – Focus, 1992
Presents a literary review of the positions held concerning a central population issue, development within the ecosphere. Explores concerns posed by contemporary academic economists and ecologists. Suggests that demographers see the issue as an important area of research needing the expertise of several disciplines. (143 references) (MCO)
Descriptors: Biology, Birth Rate, Demography, Development

Bean, Xylina – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1991
This paper discusses how the health care needs of underserved children, particularly urban children, can be met through an ecological model of health care. Ecoprimary care, infant mortality, and the experiences of King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles (California), an example of maximization of resources, are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Children, Delivery Systems

Spekman, Nancy J.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This paper suggests a framework for viewing learning disability as a risk factor, noting the importance of the specific type of learning problem, multiplicity, severity, age at identification, and chronicity. Learning disability is viewed in interaction with other risk factors, developmental stages, gender, and contributions of internal or…
Descriptors: Age, At Risk Persons, Child Development, Ecological Factors
Foltz, Richard C. – History Teacher, 2003
The emerging sub-field of world history is all about connections and interactions. It challenges the received treatments of history which have focused on specific regions and civilizations as if they had been discrete realities unto themselves, and reminds people that nothing happens in a vacuum. But to date world historians have not taken this…
Descriptors: World History, Physical Environment, History, Environmental Influences

Keogh, Barbara K.; Weisner, Thomas – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
Four predictive models offering an ecocultural perspective on the educational and personal-social development of children at risk for learning disabilities and other learning problems are proposed: main effect, additive, multiplicative, and compensatory. Preliminary results favor the compensatory and additive models. Both risk and protective…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Cultural Influences, Ecological Factors
Jasnoski, M. L.; O'Connor, William A. – 1980
There has been a resurgence of interest in human ecosystems, attributable to the growth of community mental health centers and public sector funding. The first of two papers discusses human ecology models based on this resurgence. Implications for future development of the mental health area are presented with the challenge to integrate…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Satisfaction, Counseling Techniques, Ecological Factors

Murdock, Steve H.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1986
Uses survey data from Texas and North Dakota to examine characteristics of farmers experiencing financial stress and to assess relative utility of adoption/diffusion, structural, and ecological frameworks for explaining levels of farm financial stress. Finds theoretical frameworks inadequate to explain differences in financial conditions.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Diffusion (Communication), Ecological Factors
Howard, Judith S. – 1980
An ecological model derived from family systems theory and strategies borrowed from family therapy are effective substitutes for the medical model and clinical methods traditionally used by school pyschologists to help children with academic or behavior problems. Behavior is an outgrowth of interpersonal processes in a particular system rather…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Modification, Change Strategies, Counseling Techniques
Kobus, Doni Kwolek – 1983
The community-based approach to global education has the greatest potential for involving students in experiential learning that will involve the total nature of the child--cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. This approach also has the greatest potential to help students achieve the educational objectives based on the Tyler-Taba rationale of…
Descriptors: Community Study, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Almandos, Carmen; Petzold, Aline – 2001
This paper describes a model for assessing English speaking students with possible learning disabilities at a Spanish language immersion magnet school in St. Paul, Minnesota. The assessment process is based on established procedures for screening and assessment of Limited English Proficient/English Language Learners. Emphasis is on: (1) attention…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Ecological Factors, Elementary Education