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# Long description

A figure illustrating Vygotsky’s ‘zone of proximal development ’. The figure shows three concentric circles. The innermost circle says ‘learner can do unaided’. This circle represents the skills and knowledge already possessed by the learner before approaching new learning context. The outermost circle says ‘learner cannot do’, which represents the skills and knowledge the learner does not yet possess. The circle between the innermost and the outermost circle says ‘zone of proximal development’, and in brackets ‘learner can do with guidance’. This circle represents the skills and knowledge that the learner can acquire through guided interaction.