From See Spot Run to the Zone of Proximal Development

When we were first taught to read in the '50s, nobody worried about whether it was easy or hard for the individual; learner. It was assumed that either they got it or they didn't and if they didn't, it was assumed they were problem learners of one kind of another. They were branded as PROBLEMS. Today, it is assumed that each of us has our own zone of proximal development, or an area where new learning is neither challenging or boring. This podcast explains what this means and how it should play out in the classroom.