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Introduction to Video on White Identity

Professor Shelton provides some context for the video, as an example of using develecology to understand one's own development.

HDFS 060 Episode 27 Families & Macrosystems

Professor Shelton discusses changes in macrosystems and the processes of adaptation families experience when their macrosystems change or when they move from one macrosystem to another.

HDFS 060 Episode 26 Family Diversity

Professor Shelton discusses the diversity among families, the many types of families and the diversity even within types. He argues that the type or form of a family is not as important as its functions and how its ecosystem facilitates or hinder...

HDFS 161 Episode 20 Develecological Health Proposal

Professor Shelton Describes the process of develecological analysis and elaborates on an example proposing ecosystem changes to increase the health of a community.

HDFS 161 Episode 19 Restorative Justice

Professor Shelton applies the principles of develecology to explain restorative justice and why it works.

Tips for the Community Education Assignment

Professor Shelton describes the Community Education assignment and provides some hints for tackling it.

HDFS 161 Episode 18 Crime & Punishment

Professor Shelton Outlines a develecological understanding of crime and punishment. He describes the development of criminal behavior and thinking, the developmental and ecological ingredients that go into a criminal developmental trajectory, the...

HDFS 161 Episode 17 Community Tour

Professor Shelton conducts a conceptual tour of the community and its residents, illustrating the interconnectedness of problems across the life span.

HDFS 161 Episode 16 Part 2

Professor Shelton continues his discussion of the contrast between the assembly line paradigm for education and a develecological paradigm.