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  2. Ecological systems theory - Wikipedia

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    Ecological systems theory is a broad term used to capture the theoretical contributions of developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner. [1] Bronfenbrenner developed the foundations of the theory throughout his career, [2] published a major statement of the theory in American Psychologist, [3] articulated it in a series of propositions and hypotheses in his most cited book, The Ecology of ...

  3. Creating Capabilities - Wikipedia

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    The Human Development Index focuses on three dimensions, a health, education, and standard of living dimension, and calculates an aggregate measure of these indexes along with other factors like Gross National Income, general income, and Gross Domestic Product to create an overall quantitative, comparable measure of human development between ...

  4. Humanism - Wikipedia

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    Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humanism" has changed according to successive intellectual movements that have identified with it.

  5. Ubuntu philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Ubuntu is the current theme for the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development and represents the highest level of global messaging within social work profession for the years 2020–2030. [32] Utilising the biopsychosocial and ecological system approaches, ubuntu is a philosophy that is applicable in clinical social work in mental ...

  6. Development communication - Wikipedia

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    It is defined as the interaction of two social processes- development and communication-in any given environment, and in 1971, the definition changed to the art and science of human communication applied to the speedy transformation of a country and the mass of its people from poverty to a dynamic state of economic growth that makes possible ...

  7. Structural functionalism - Wikipedia

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    Where the adaptation process cannot adjust, due to sharp shocks or immediate radical change, structural dissolution occurs and either new structures (or therefore a new system) are formed, or society dies. This model of social change has been described as a "moving equilibrium", [18] and emphasizes a desire for social order.

  8. Modernization theory - Wikipedia

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    Modernization, Cultural Change and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521846950.. Janos, Andrew C. Politics and Paradigms: Changing Theories of Change in Social Science. Stanford University Press, 1986; Jaquette, Jane S. (1982). "Women and Modernization Theory". World Politics. 34 (2): 267 ...

  9. Cultural-historical activity theory - Wikipedia

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    CHAT explicitly incorporates the mediation of activities by society, which means that it can be used to link concerns normally independently examined by sociologists of education and (social) psychologists. [4] [9] Core ideas are: 1) humans act collectively, learn by doing, and communicate in and via actions; 2) humans make, employ, and adapt ...