Vygotsky believed that children will not fear life if the adults in their lives do not fear death and have integrity. He also thought teachers should focus their work on the child's future development rather than where the child is currently. Teachers should work within the zone of proximal development to challenge children just beyond their current abilities to help them progress.

9. “Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not
to fear death”

13. Vygotsky
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Zone of Proximal
Development
“The teacher must orient his work not on yesterday’s development in the child but on
tomorrow”