Post by reza on Sept 28, 2017 22:35:44 GMT
Bismillah ir Rahman ir Rahim (In the name of God, the most beneficent, the most merciful)
Proximal Zone of Development refers to the optimal difficulty of a new task for a student to learn. If task is too easy/too hard a student does not facilitate learning. If task is optimal a student learns most effeciently.
My example will refer to my experiences learning and teaching swimming.
1. Optimal- In swimming it is very important to select tasks with the correct difficulty for the student to learn. If the student has enough prerequisite skills they are able to learn the new skills more effectively. For example, after a teaching a student how to correctly kick their legs and move their arms, the instructor encourages the student to put the two skills together in order to swim. The student must learn how to appropriately coordinate themselves to swim, something they have not yet practiced. This is an appropriate progression to facilitate learning.
2. Too Hard- After teaching a student to correctly kick their legs and move their arms, the instructor requests the student to combine the two skills and add a third, correct breathing. The student must now practice two new skills rather then one, coordination and breathing. This method of teaching is far more inefficient then teaching swimming with fewer progressions. The student is likely to get frustrated and improve minimally with significant practice.
3. Too Easy- After teaching a student how to correctly tread water, the instructor requests the student to practice treading in a life jacket. The life jacket ensures the student will remain buoyant, thus there is little stimulus to practice treading properly. Thus it becomes inefficient to teach as the progression is too easy resulting in little learning.
-Reza
Proximal Zone of Development refers to the optimal difficulty of a new task for a student to learn. If task is too easy/too hard a student does not facilitate learning. If task is optimal a student learns most effeciently.
My example will refer to my experiences learning and teaching swimming.
1. Optimal- In swimming it is very important to select tasks with the correct difficulty for the student to learn. If the student has enough prerequisite skills they are able to learn the new skills more effectively. For example, after a teaching a student how to correctly kick their legs and move their arms, the instructor encourages the student to put the two skills together in order to swim. The student must learn how to appropriately coordinate themselves to swim, something they have not yet practiced. This is an appropriate progression to facilitate learning.
2. Too Hard- After teaching a student to correctly kick their legs and move their arms, the instructor requests the student to combine the two skills and add a third, correct breathing. The student must now practice two new skills rather then one, coordination and breathing. This method of teaching is far more inefficient then teaching swimming with fewer progressions. The student is likely to get frustrated and improve minimally with significant practice.
3. Too Easy- After teaching a student how to correctly tread water, the instructor requests the student to practice treading in a life jacket. The life jacket ensures the student will remain buoyant, thus there is little stimulus to practice treading properly. Thus it becomes inefficient to teach as the progression is too easy resulting in little learning.
-Reza