Urie Bronfenbrenner Quotes
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Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of…
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The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks, the games, the…
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In order to develop normally, a child requires progressively more complex joint activity with one or more adults who have an irrational emotional relationship with…
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In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male, to graduate from high school,…
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One of the most significant effects of age-segregation in our society has been the isolation of children from the world of work. Whereas in the…
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Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than…
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There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.
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Children need people in order to become human.... It is primarily through observing, playing, and working with others older and younger than himself that a…
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In the planning and designing of new communities, housing projects, and urban renewal, the planners both private and public, need to give explicit consideration to…
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Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.
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Like the sorcerer of old, the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as…
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No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.
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Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressively more complex exchange between a child and somebody else- especially somebody who’s crazy about that…
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Children need people in orderto become human.... It is primarily through observing, playing, and working with others older and younger than himself that a child…
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