维果茨基最近发展区理论认为,要使教育对学生的发展起主导和促进作用,就必须准确认识并定位学生发展的两种水平:一是他已经达到的发展水平,表现为学生能够独立解决问题的能力;二是他可能达到的发展水平,这种水平要借助成人的帮助才能达到。学生已达到的发展水平与可能达到的发展水平之间的区域,就叫“最近发展区”。跨过了最近发展区,学生就能达到新的发展水平。走在最近发展区的教育 Vygotsky’s theory of the recent development zone believes that in order for education to play a leading and promoting role in student development, it is necessary to accurately recognize and position the two levels of student development: First, the level of development he has attained, manifested as students’ independence. The ability to solve problems; the second is the level of development he may achieve, and this level must be reached with the help of an adult. The area between the level of development attained by students and the level of development that may be achieved is called the “recent development zone”. By crossing the recent development zone, students will be able to reach new levels of development. Education in the nearest development zone