Pros And Cons Of Vygotsky Zone Of Proximal Development

Vygotsky Zone of Proximal development has not only played a important role in children but also adults. The Zone of Proxima devlopment illustrates how scaffolding plays a huge impact in a Childs learning, as they grow up. Without the proper assistance when they are young, they will be unable to do things on their also known as indepence. There are pros and cons to the ZPD. The con to the ZPD is when a child is provided with too much assistance, it can cause them to develop what we call “needy or clingy”. Also known as a someone who is constantly needing someone for assitance or some sort of attachment. Which then causes the child NOT to be independent because his/her whole life they have always had help. For example in todays society many …show more content…
This brings not only assistance from the teacher but also the parent. The child then is unable to be independent in school because he/she relies on their parents to remind them of when their homework is due. Therefore this will most likely cause the child to struggle in high school because teachers will not email parents in regards of when their homework is due. Highschool is made for children to help develop into young adults. On the contrary when I was a child, I was responsible to write down all the homework that was due not my parents. If I didn’t know what was due for homework, I was forced to ask a classmate if I had their phone number or email. My mother was never responsible for when my homework was due, her responbility was to assist me in my homework when I needed help.My responsbilty was to know when my homework was due by writing it down when the teacher annouced it or wrote it on the board. This made me a responsible independent student when I got into highschool. I also developed a pattern into writing my homework down everyday in a planner that I had. The Zone of Proximal development also ties into the book we are reading “Why Don’t Students Like School” By Daniel T