What is it about?
One way for theologically evangelical Christians to integrate their faith and learning is to view the process from a perspective that puts the Bible at the definitive pinnacle for interpreting all things. Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development shows strong parallels to John Calvin's understanding of divine accommodation, and this article shows that determining that process allows for evangelical Christians to apply portions of Vygotsky's ZPD to their own efforts in education.
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Why is it important?
Providing a link between an 20th century developmental theorist and a 16th century Christian theologian enables new paradigms for practice in Christian education.
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I am thinking about ways that Christian thinkers' ideas have overlapped with secular thinkers in disparate fields. This was a fairly striking example of that particular overlap.
Dr. Jeffrey M Horner
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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This page is a summary of: Rejecting Dialogue for Perspective: Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development and John Calvin’s Divine Pedagogy, Religious Education, December 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2016.1223492.
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