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Re: [xmca] zpd additional comment



Amen, Michael!

Lois Holzman, Director
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On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:00 PM, michael wrote:

Dear Ulvi and All (interested in ZPD),



While I agree that Chaiklin is "dead on in his analysis on [Vygotsky's] ZPD," his analysis, in my humble opinion, is NOT "ALIVE" either. There is a clear discrepancy in Chaiklin's (2003) interpretation of the ZPD. While he
asserts that "the main features of the analysis of zone of proximal
development [concern the] whole child" (p. 50), his account of the whole child does not include explicit consideration of emotion. Yet, for Vygotsky, affect is the beginning and the end of the child's entire psychological development. Quoting Pistrak (reference unknown), Vygotsky (2004) stated that "The convictions that we may inculcate in school through knowledge, only grow roots in the child's psyche when these convictions are reinforced emotionally" (p. 55). Surely, when dealing with the development of the whole child, it is of paramount importance (according to Vygotsky) not to separate intellectual from emotional features of the child's development.



Michael G. Levykh, Ph.D.





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Subject: Re: [xmca] zpd





Many thanks



On 29/05/2009, ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org <ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org> wrote:



Ulvi:



here is a link to a comprehesive analysis of this concept:



http://lchc.ucsd.edu/MCA/ZOPEDS/Chailklin.pdf



Seth Chaiklin I believe is dead on in his analysis.



eric

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