Have you looked at Rousing Minds to Life by Thorp and Galimore.
They have several chapters with the KEEP program that offer
different contexts for applying the ZED. They approach the ZPD
systamatically in the sense that the ZPD is the backbone of the
book and the KEEP program. While I am somewhat leary of
systematic approaches it offered many concrete contexts in which
the ZPD was applied.
nate
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Barowy <wbarowy who-is-at lesley.edu>
To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 6:15 PM
Subject: Where to start?
>Nate's posting reminds me that I wish to make the following
request. What
>exists for introductory material, a single paper perhaps, about
vygotsky,
>zoped, etc.? I am looking for something that would be good for
grad
>students in education, something that would be well grounded in
their
>perspective. Chapter 4 "Basic concepts..." of 'the
construction zone' has
>been the closest I have come, but that is still a bit
technical, presuming
>quite a bit from the reader. Any suggestions?
>
>Bill Barowy, Associate Professor
>Technology in Education
>Lesley College, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
>Phone: 617-349-8168 / Fax: 617-349-8169
>http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/Barowy.html
>_______________________
>"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart
from yourself
> and watch yourself softly become the author of something
beautiful."
>[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
>
>