Human Development

Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological-Systems Model of Human Development

• Overview - http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Bronfenbrenner.htm
   

• Cornell Life Course Center - http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/BLCC/
   

• Article by Bronfenbrenner: "The Growing Chaos in the Lives of Children, Youth & Families" - http://parenthood.library.wisc.edu/Bronfenbrenner/Bronfenbrenner.html

Erik Erickson’s Model of Psychosocial Development

• Overview - http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Erikson.htm
   

• In-depth biography and theory summary - http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/erikson.html
   

• Chart of Stages of Development - http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/ERIK/sum.HTML

Carol Gilligan's Model of Development

• Overview - http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/overview.html#gilligan
   

• Biography - http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/gilligan.html
   

• Interview with Gilligan - http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2002/05/20020510_b_main.asp
   

• Chapter on Gilligan from the book A First Look at Communication Theory - http://www.afirstlook.com/archive/diffvoice.pdf

Lawrence Kohlberg’s Model of Moral Development

• Overview - http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/overview.html#kohlberg

• Chapter on Kohlberg from the book Theories of Development - http://faculty.plts.edu/gpence/html/kohlberg.htm

• Card game using Kohlberg's stages - http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch03/kohlberg.mhtml

Jean Piaget’s Model of Cognitive Development

• Overview - http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/overview.html#piaget

• Biography - http://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html

• Applications of Piagetian Theory - http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/piagtuse.html

• Academic Critique - http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/piaget.html

Lev Vygotsky’s Model of Cognitive Development

• Overview - http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html

• Discussion and links to related resources - http://www.massey.ac.nz/~alock/virtual/project2.htm

• Vygotsky Resources for Teachers - http://www.kolar.org/vygotsky/