A Bhutanese tertiary education consultancy case study: Introducing the institutional zone of proximal development

Title
A Bhutanese tertiary education consultancy case study: Introducing the institutional zone of proximal development
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Maxwell, T W
Namgay, Namgay
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.02.003
UNE publication id
une:15542
Abstract
This paper identifies an overarching strategy that consultants can use to focus institutional level development work: the institutional zone of proximal development (IZPD). The paper explicates the IZPD concept following Vygotsky (1978). The case study of distance education course development in tertiary education in Bhutan illustrates the six processes within the IZPD that supported successful implementation. Evidence showed that the consultancy had contributed to the institutionalisation of change. Three implications for consultants using the IZPD are presented. The concept of the IZPD is new to the development literature.
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Citation
International Journal of Educational Development, v.37, p. 32-39
ISSN
1873-4871
0738-0593
Start page
32
End page
39

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