Based on the "zone of proximal development" theory of educational psychologist levvygotsky, this paper studies the school physical education teaching in China by using the methods of literature and logical analysis. By analyzing the theory and combining with teaching practice, this paper explores how this theory guides physical education teaching and improves the teaching effect of physical education classroom. First of all, this paper expounds and analyzes the connotation of the zone of proximal development theory, and puts forward that teaching should be ahead of development. It analyzes the Enlightenment of this theory on school physical education teaching in China: from two aspects: promoting physical education teachers to update teaching concepts and optimizing teaching content according to the actual level of students.

Mengyu Wang, Jianxiong Zhang. Research on the application of zone of proximal development theory in school physical education teaching in China. Frontiers in Sport Research (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 5: 15-19. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSR.2022.040505.

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