What is the difference between failing and failure? How do we practice failing and work towards resiliency? In this chapter, you will explore ways to build a mindset of resiliency within your learning community and take away opportunities to try this out with your learners!
Further Reading
- The Big Difference Between Fail-ing and Fail-ure
- High School Student Secretly Draws All 411 of His Graduating Classmates
Further Viewing
- Jim Carrey Commencement Speech
- Spanx Founder Sara Blakely On Celebrating Failures
- How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Questions for Discussion
- What concrete strategies can you implement in your learning environment as you provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and help them to embrace their why?
- How will you incorporate more discussions on the importance of failing and “bouncing forward” with students while activating their background knowledge of coping strategies?
- Students need models of resilience, yet many adults don’t acknowledge setbacks as opportunities for growth. How can encouraging student feedback about our teaching highlight our own struggles and help us to model resilience?