The "zone of proximal development" is a concept introduced by a Russian psychologist and child development specialist named Lev Vygotsky. While the concept is usually applied to children and ...

Theories of proximal development and social contagion suggest that group activities enhance knowledge-sharing and internalisation through feedback, discussions around challenges and the development of ...

The COVID crisis throws into relief what happens when grief has—quite literally—nowhere to go. The evidence suggests that most people summon strengths that surpass their own expectations. The "zone of ...

“Personalized learning” is a term that people take quite personally—and that leads to a variety of interpretations about what it means. That’s a problem, says John Reyes, director of educational ...