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Let Students Learn From Failure

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Too often, students–and teachers–believe learning comes from success when in truth, it’s as likely to be the product of failure. Knowing what doesn’t work is a powerful weapon as we struggle to think critically about the myriad issues along our path to college and/or career. Observe students as they work.

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Design thinking in the 21st century is an imperative

eSchool News

We are no longer keepers and passers of knowledge as we once were. With infinite information at their fingertips, how do we equip this new type of student with the skills to interpret, problem solve, and think critically about the information they encounter when we are not always the ones delivering it to them?

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Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators

eSchool News

Through early exposure to STEM, students come to understand that failure is an integral part of the learning process. By providing early STEM education, we equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in a competitive job market. STEM subjects often involve trial and error, demanding persistence and a growth mindset.

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Shift to Self-assessment

Catlin Tucker

It is a process where students evaluate their work, reflecting on what they’ve learned, how well they’ve understood complex concepts, how much progress they’ve made toward mastering key skills, and where they may need to invest time and energy to improve their concept knowledge and skill set.

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How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum

eSchool News

If you don’t have failure built into your maker education and your PBL system, just forget it. Embracing those failures has to be part of your culture.” Do your students feel safe to build? Do your students feel safe to screw up? I don’t want a kid to not try an idea because they won’t get the A.

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The Failure of Fast Education

Edsurge

I think this is fantastic. Ideally, knowledge acquisition as an end in itself would be socioeconomically equitable, but the pursuit of knowledge as an end in itself is mostly a tool of the privileged. Without pattern knowledge built on experience, we’re left with several ways to approach problems. These are patterns.

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What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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For example, when teaching spreadsheets, make the software or online tools a vehicle for practicing critical thinking, data analysis, and evidence-based learning, not for learning one brand of software or a particular spreadsheet tool. Expect students to be critical thinkers, not passive learners. Failure is a learning tool.