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Professor Shelton reviews the topics covered so far, current activities for studnets, and previews coming topics.
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.
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 161 Episode 15 Develecology of School
Professor Shelton discusses the history of the Engineered Assembly Line paradigm for school and proposes an alternative paradigm based on Develecology.
Stephen Polasky is among the world’s leaders in combining ecology and economics to quantify the benefits of nature to human society. He has assessed the impact of biofuels on agricultural landscapes, climate change, and food prices, and he has p...
Lawrence Shelton Welcomes Students to HDFS
Lawrence Shelton welcomes new students to the Human Development and Family Studies program at UVM, and introduces himself.
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 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...