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Peters, Donald L.; Klein, Elisa L. – Theory into Practice, 1981
To understand the processes of learning and to make educational decisions for the future, three levels of environmental and historical context need to be considered. The microsystem represents the most immediate environment, the family; the exosystem includes environment experienced directly, the neighborhood; and the macrosystem represents the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Influence, Cultural Context, Developmental Stages
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Pinderhughes, Ellen E.; Nix, Robert; Foster, E. Michael; Jones, Damon – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001
This prospective longitudinal study examined the unique and combined effects of neighborhood characteristics on parental behaviors in the context of more distal and more proximal influences. Although generally culture and context did not moderate other relations found between neighborhood characteristics, family context, and child behaviors, the…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Community Characteristics, Community Influence