Ecological Model to develop the race/gender ecological
approach to career development
Human behavior results from the ongoing, dynamic interaction
between the person and the environment.
Human behavior is the result of a multiplicity of factors at the
individual, interpersonal, and broader sociocultural levels.
This model has been used to understand women’s and girl’s
issues related to education and the workplace, sexual violence, and legal
issues.
Bronfenbrenner developed the most widely cited ecological
model. Four major subsystems were
identified, that influence human behavior.
1)
The microsystem – interpersonal interactions
with given environment
2)
Mesosystem – interactions between two or more
microsystems
3)
Exosystem – linkages between subsystems that
indirectly influence the individual (like neighborhood or media)
4)
Macrosystem – ideological components of a given
society
Humans live interactionally in a social environments. Every
person has both a gender and a race and these shape the person’s career as
he/she encounters opportunities or obstacles.
Implications of the Race/Gender Ecological Model for the
Practice of Career Counseling:
1)
Career counselors can change the
person-environment interaction in numerous ways.
2)
Career counselors can serve as client advocates
working toward environmental and societal changes.
3)
Assessment of the client’s ecosystem determines
how and where career counseling interventions can be most effectively implemented.
4)
The counselor serves as a liaison, partnering
with the client.
5)
The counselor uses diverse methodologies.
6)
The model requires a range of skills.
Here is the link to a great slide show that explains
Race/Gender Ecological Model http://slideplayer.com/slide/6254210/
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