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Understanding Matthew Blake's Life Through Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model

This analysis delves into the life of 18-year-old Matthew Blake, who comes from a low socio-economic background. Living with his unemployed mother in a low-income neighborhood post-divorce, Matthew juggles responsibilities while navigating the challenges of being a young adult. The study employs Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model to illustrate various influencing factors in Matthew’s environment, including family dynamics, community context, and broader societal issues, shedding light on the impacts of single-parent families, unemployment, and government policies.

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Understanding Matthew Blake's Life Through Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model

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  1. Meet Matthew Blake…

  2. MEET MATTHEW BLAKE.... Age: 18 Socio-economic Status (SES):low SES - Single parent family - Relatively low income - Mother is unemployed - Works effectively full time to support mother - Lives in poor/low income neighbourhood

  3. Religion: Christianity Family Pattern: - Single parent family - Lives with his mum - Father divorced mother when he was 14

  4. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model!!!!

  5. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological map: system descriptions • MICROSYSTEM: an immediate setting containing that person where interactions occur between the developing person and the environment. Examples: - Family - Friends - School - Work

  6. MESOSYSTEM: A system of Microsystems through which different settings are linked. Examples: - Parents: Friends School Work - Work: School Family Friends - Friends: School Work Family

  7. EXOSYSTEM: More distal from the developing person. Here the individual does not directly participate in interactions, although decisions made at this level greatly affect a person. Examples: - Parent’s workplaces: Mums unemployment - Neighbourhood: due to their low SES, they live in a poor area - Extended Family: Fathers new family

  8. MACROSYSTEM: a broad societal blueprint containing the core structures that compose a particular culture. Examples: - Government policies: child allowances and Centrelink payments - Cultural values: society looks down on single unemployed families - Economy: recession means financial difficulties

  9. Matthew Blake’s Ecological Map

  10. PART 1 Friends Work School Family

  11. PART 2 Family Work Friends School

  12. PART 3 Bad Neighbourhood Mothers employment problems Father’s new family and life Family Work Friends School

  13. PART 4 Governments child allowances Governments child allowances Economic Recession Bad Neighbourhood Mothers employment problems Fathers new family and life Family Work Friends School

  14. Matthew Blake’s Ecological Map

  15. Issue: single parent families

  16. Issue: effects of divorce on child

  17. Issue: Single parents who are on government allowances

  18. Issue: single parents employment

  19. Issue: childhood employment

  20. In conclusion • Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological models show how various factors in a child’s environment affects how that child grows and develops. By Jessica Brown

  21. References • Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2008). Australian Statistics. Australian Government Publishing Service. • Healy, Justin. (2006). Issues in Society –Changing Families – Volume 238. The Spinney Press. • Healy, Justin. (2008). Issues in Society –Juvenile Crime – Volume 273. The Spinney Press. • Healy, Justin. (2002). Issues in Society – Parenting – Volume 172. The Spinney Press. • Healy, Justin. (2008). Issues in Society –Separation and Divorce – Volume 28. The Spinney Press. • Healy, Justin. (2004). Issues in Society –Sole Parenting Families – Volume 211. The Spinney Press. • Healy, Justin. (2005). Issues in Society –Teenage Sexuality – Volume 221. The Spinney Press. • Willson, Andrea. (1999). What’s at Issue? Families. Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd.

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