Failure in Learning

Failure. No one likes to fail, nor the feeling of failing. When we fail, we feel a sense of disappointment, sadness, and just wanting to give up. What if failure, can be the one factor that can change the way you learn. We need to understand that failure is okay. Everyone fails. Even the most successful athletes have failed hundreds of times before they became successful. Changing the way you think will allow you to inherit a different perspective of failure. Instead of hanging your head and being disappointed about a failure, lift your head high and believe that working harder for the next assignment, test, or even game, will give you the positive result that you are looking for. 

Having a "growth mindset" yourself and even in the field of education will help students to grow and succeed from their failures.  While no student wants to get a bad mark, a single test will not define a student's progress in learning. Giving positive reinforcement and highlighting the importance of determination, hard work, and effort, a student will quickly realize that it's just a minor setback that will eventually lead them to success. 

Once they receive that good mark, or an improvement from a previous result, positive affirmation will drive them to continue to work hard and realize that failure is sometimes needed to learn and succeed.

Check out Oxford Learning: The Role of Failure in Learning

https://www.oxfordlearning.com/the-role-of-failure-in-learning/

Courtesy of Gianluca@NU