“Questioning is the ability to organize our thinking about what we don’t know,” several weeks ago our think tank came together to ask questions about our wicked problem: Failure as a Learning Mode, something at the time we did not know much about. Going into our research we each had so many questions, beautiful questions that we were determined to find answers for. We used Berger’s process of questioning using the why’s, what if’s, and how’s to narrow down our thinking and find a solution. It was interesting to see right off the bat, even from different educational backgrounds, we all had similar opinions on the role failure plays in the learning process. We knew the word held negative context, and the feelings behind the word were not positive either, so beginning to think of how we could spin failure into something productive was quite a challenge, as most wicked problems are.
Through our research we found that there were many studies about how the word failure needed to be reevaluated, not only in classrooms but in the post education world failure was starting to be looked at as a positive avenue for change. As a group we discovered that the idea of a growth mindset was a must if educators were going to look at failure as a way for students to learn and grow. Many stories we read, about how failed attempts brought positive change reminded me of where we started in this journey together, reading about Van Phillips and his innovations with prosthetic, in Berger’s A More Beautiful Question. If we teach students now that failure is a beautiful process in learning the results will be a world full of students who inspire inquiry.
Through our surveys we found that many teachers already believe that failure is a natural part in the learning process, but they just were unaware of how to encourage growth through their students missteps. As you will see in our Prezi, our solution lends a hand to teachers in finding resources and inspiration to promote a classroom environment where failing isn’t something scary, but something beautiful!
References:
Berger, W. (2016). A more beautiful question: The power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas. Bloomsbury.
The Right Question Institute. (2018). Retrieved from http://rightquestion.org/
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