The Zone of Proximal Development in Vygotsky’s Analysis of Learning and Instruction  

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Chaiklin, Seth

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Dalam koleksi: Vygotsky’s Educational Theory in Cultural Context, page 39-64.
Topik: Proximal Development; Critique of the Common Conception; Vygotsky’s Theory of Child Development; Role of Imitation
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What kind of instruction is optimal for a particular child? Without doubt, this question is immediately comprehensible to any committed teacher in virtually any country in the world, and most teachers are likely to want concrete answers to the question, not only as a theoretical puzzle, but in relation to their immediate practices. If one were to look to scienti?c psychology and educational research for advice in relation to this practical problem, what would the answer(s) look like? This simple question raises several profound problems. Normative and political issues about the goals of instruction and the resources available for realizing these goals must be resolved. A theory of learning that can explain how intellectual capabilities are developed is needed. If instruction is not viewed as an end in itself, then a theory about the relationship between speci?c subject matter instruction and its consequences for psychological development is also needed. This last problem wasthe main tension against which Vygotsky developed his well-known concept of zone of proximal development, so that the zone focused on the relation between instruction and development, while being relevant to many of these other problems. Vygotsky’s concept of zone of proximal development is more precise and elaborated than its common reception or interpretation. The main purpose of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive introduction to and interpretation of this concept, along with comments about predominant contemporary interpretations. The chapter concludes with some perspectives and implications derived from the interpretation presented here.

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