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Little Miss Happy Sep 2021 6:07am, 15 Sep 2021 4,944 posts	0 Little Miss Happy First Attempt In Learning is one way to reframe it.
Sharkie Sep 2021 9:29am, 15 Sep 2021 18,602 posts	0 Sharkie I often use my first driving test as an example of why failure and imperfection are important. We don't really need to get rid of the words, just make them less loaded with despair. I didn't learn to drive 'til my late thirties and I failed the first time because I stalled (on a roundabout) and briefly panicked. Why? Because - as my instructor said later - 'You NEVER stall, though!' If only I'd made more 'mistakes'. when I was learning. I passed second go.
Chrisull Sep 2021 10:36am, 15 Sep 2021 18,397 posts	0 Chrisull I don't like the word resilience for the same reason, which has become very popular in education, it already implies failure. The school my boys all went to (only one still there now) said resilience was more important than good grades, or words close to that effect.
Chrisull Sep 2021 10:42am, 15 Sep 2021 18,398 posts	0 Chrisull I wanted to bring another book to the thread I read many aeons ago - Tim Parks "Teach us to sit still", which is not really an instructional book on meditation, but more a personal journey on how sceptic used it to heal his back pain, without ever becoming a non-sceptic. There's a lot of historical digression in it, which really annoyed some reviewers, but I like that. It's a good jumping off point to for particular types of meditation. Oh and that all important New Yorker review: newyorker.com
Sharkie Sep 2021 10:45am, 15 Sep 2021 18,605 posts	0 Sharkie
Sharkie Sep 2021 10:46am, 15 Sep 2021 18,606 posts	0 Sharkie I'm sure I've read a novel or two by Tim Parks... same bloke? Italian connection? Haven't checked all important review yet.
swittle Sep 2021 10:48am, 15 Sep 2021 79,375 posts	0 swittle From halfpint's post [prev. pg.]: Carol Dweck's work on mindsets, either fixed or growth, proved very helpful when training teachers & lecturers in learning theory. Dweck, C.S.; Legget, E.L. (1988). "A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality". Psychological Review. 95 (2): 256–273. doi:10.1037/0033-295x.95.2.256. This article has a useful diagram: 'A Model of Mindset Theory'. opentext.wsu.edu
Sharkie Sep 2021 10:48am, 15 Sep 2021 18,607 posts	0 Sharkie Ah yes, it is him. An ex Manc too, born the year after me.
swittle Sep 2021 10:49am, 15 Sep 2021 79,376 posts	0 swittle Apologies: hope this links to the Dweck & Legget article: doi.apa.org
EvilPixie Sep 2021 10:53am, 15 Sep 2021 27,925 posts	0 EvilPixie My masters dissertation was based on the Dweck mindset ideas and the language used between teachers and pupils I passed so it can't have been all bollox!