Thursday 9 June 2011

the ZPD

Firstly to those who are unaware, the ZPD is the zone of proximal development outlined by the educational philosopher Vygotsky.
After talking to Gary France and Tor Fromhyr about what it meant to be a conductor and a role model or mentor within a musical setting we got to thinking about what this meant for the long term development of a musician or a musical ensemble.
If you imagine the limits of a persons development being the size of a stretched rubber band. They can only stretch so far without help from a mentor, peer, teacher, conductor, lecturer, etc. However, add one of these leaders inside the rubber band and they can stretch it even further together. The leader allows the student/musician/apprentice to develop further than they could have on their own.

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