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Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) as an Emergent System: A Dynamic Systems Theory Perspective
- Source :
- Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 51:76-93
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- This paper sets out to present a novel construal of one of the notions of Vygotskian cultural-historical theory viz., zone of proximal development (ZPD) drawing upon dynamic systems theory. The principal thesis maintains that ZDP is an emergent and dynamic system which is engendered by a dialectical concatenation of psychogenesic and sociogenesic facets of human development over time. It is reasoned that Vygotskian cultural-historical theory of human development, by invoking dialectical logic, has transcended Cartesian substance dualism and in turn has proffered a monistic and process-anchored ontology for emerging becoming of human consciousness. Likewise, it is contended that dynamic systems theory, having assumed fluent flux of reality with a capital R as its ontological axiom, entails a consilience of cognitive and contextual conceptual schemes to describe, explain, and optimize human development. The paper concludes by drawing some interpretive conclusions in regard to ZPD from dynamic systems theory perspective. peerReviewed
- Subjects :
- ZPD
Cultural Studies
Social Psychology
Zone of proximal development
Human Development
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Culture
Systems Theory
050109 social psychology
dynamic systems theory
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Sociology
Consilience
Applied Psychology
Axiom
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Vygotskian cultural-history theory
Dialectic
dialectical logic
Communication
05 social sciences
Dialectical logic
emergenssi
Epistemology
Philosophy
Anthropology
Ontology
Construal level theory
zone of proximal development
Consciousness
Psychological Theory
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19363567 and 19324502
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2b6f000d68771f3ef7ddfff30ef6def3