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Many thanks to all for their comments on my question about ZPD Ulvi On 31/05/2009, larry smolucha <lsmolucha@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Message from Francine Smolucha: > > Dear Ulvi et al., > > I have read a lot of Vygotsky's writings in the original Russian and > somewhere ----- > I got the impression that the zone of proximal development results from the > invention > or introduction of a tool (conceptual/linguistic/graphic or > physical/manual) that > enables the learner to perform at a higher level (than could be achieved > unassisted.) > > Learning is accelerated in the zone of proximal development because you > learn more > efficiently (teach more efficiently.) You do not speed up the lesson. The > lesson might > even take longer, but the learner performs "a head taller" than the typical > age norm. > This results in a new higher level of unassisted performance, as the > learner incorporates or > appropriates the "tool." > > > This is how I am homeschooling my son. I invent new ways to explain > something > or solve a problem; we formulate new ways to look at things; we invent > "manipulatives." > We make connections between things - historical, semantic, analogical, > logical, poetic, > and humorous. I am going to start watching to see what tools he invents to > help himself > (or to help me solve a problem.) > > Is he a "head taller" ????? > My 13 year old son (who would be finishing 7th grade) is doing well on the > PSAT/National Merit Scholarship > workbook (an exam for 17 year olds.) > > Challenges can be envigorating - like rock climbing. > > The challenges become stressful when you lose your sense of well being > (lose your footing) > and are afraid you are going to fall (fail.) > > Oh, and here's a metaphor for the typical school classrooms that I have > observed (that he has been in) > - picture a neglected garden (flowers or vegetables)- not fertilized, > seldom watered, weeds, too much sun > in some spots, too little in others, no trellises to support growing > plants, in need of pruning. > Hardy plants survive, some bear fruit, some grow wild. Sensitive plants are > not thriving, might > even die. > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:36:07 +0300 > > From: ulvi.icil@gmail.com > > To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > Subject: [xmca] Zone of Proximal Development > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a question. > > > > As we know, some people point to the dangers of speeding academic > education > > for children (to bring it down to preschool, elimination of play etc that > we > > also discussed here in xmca recently) and I think that they are right. > > > > On the other hand, for many people who hears the concept of zone of > proximal > > development , it directly brings to mind, a similar speeding up... > > > > Me too, my mind is not clear, if ZPD corresponds to a fastening of > academic > > education , bringing it to earlier ages or not... > > > > In Bodrova and Leong, Tools of Mind, I have read that Zaporozhets > interprets > > ZPD so that it should not be interpreted as such a fastening but rather > > amplifying ... > > > > Can any friend have a brief clarifying concept on this please? > > > > Ulvi > > _______________________________________________ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > _________________________________________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. > > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009_______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca