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Educational psychology in social context: Ecosystemic applications in Southern Africa applies educational psychology to aid teachers and other educators to enhance the learning experience of students. The book uses Uri Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological systems theory as a guiding framework for understanding child development and the environmental barriers to learning faced by children. This ecosystemic approach examines how different spheres from the family to the community to wider social structures influence a children’s development and learning and how these interactions are impacted by the passage of time. Educational Psychology in social context is relevant to both undergraduate and postgraduate study in either pre-service or in-service teacher education. It can be used for courses in educational psychology in programmes such as BEd, BEd (Hons) and PGCE, and as a handbook for in-service teachers, educational psychologists, and other learning support professionals.