The article is intended to discuss a new theoretical concept - the zone of proximal professional development. The analysis is carried out on the basis of the author’s typology of internal and external resources, which determine the individual potential of professional activity. On this basis, the zone of proximal professional development, internal factors, external conditions for the realization of professional potential in this zone are determined. The interaction of the subject of activity with his environment is considered as the main mechanism of development.
Key words
• abilities • interests • obligations • professional potential • zone of proximal professional development • resources • factors • conditions and mechanisms of development •
Markov Vasily Nikolaevich
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor, independent researcher, Moscow, Russian Federation
e-mail: v_n_markov@mail.ru