Implications of Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) in Teacher Education: ZPTD and Self-scaffolding

Fani, Tayebeh; Ghaemi, Farid

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.396

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Implications of Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) in Teacher Education: ZPTD and Self-scaffolding

Published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences • Jan 1, 2011

Authors:

Tayebeh Fani

Farid Ghaemi

Abstract

One of the major themes in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory is the zone of proximal development (ZPD). Vygotsky's zone of proximal development was created with child development in mind. Unfortunately, Vygotsky lived a short life and never proposed any specific methodology for the use of ZPD in teach...

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Zone of proximal development

Sociocultural evolution

Mathematics education

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