Chapter 2 Blog

1. What's this nonsense I'm hearing about zone of proximal development(ZPD)?
Well, I'll tell you what that nonsense is. The zone of proximal development is a range of the tasks that a student can perform with the guidance of others, but can't quite hack it independently.
2. So what with this zpd?
If there's some good teacher and student supervision going on, a child can take their range of proximal development and put that task into a category where they can perform it all by themselves. A child needs to go through a that range to continually learn experiences that are necessary for their upbringing. A teacher needs to have a keen eye for things that a student still can't do on their own.
3. Now what?
Teachers need to assign some tasks that students can accomplish successfully with someone else's support. Teachers and older students can help out with that. Students will also need assignments that are designed specifically for their individual ranges. They can't be given assignments that don't challenge them but shouldn't be given students they can't accomplish even without some supervision, ya know what i'm saying?