REACHING THE ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF ECOLOGICAL EQUILIBRIUM IN THE CLASSROOM
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which can be used by the educational community to achieve ecological equilibrium in the classroom and adopt motivational strategies to enable the learner reach the zone of proximal development. The goal of motivation in this paper is aimed at promoting the learners abilities, potentials, creativity, critical thinking skills and not that of the teacher. Pushing the learner beyond their comfort zones to the realm of possibilities is one of the aims of the zone of proximal development. To attain ecological equilibrium in the classroom, there is a need to adapt, harmonize and integrate the student, teacher, teaching and learning content, strategies and the learning environment to reach the zone of proximal development.
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