Telling Students it’s O.K. to Fail, but Showing Them it Isn’t: Dissonant Paradigms of Failure in Higher Education
Educators increasingly extol failure as a necessary component of learning and growth. However, students frequently experience failure as a source of fear and anxiety that impedes risk-taking and experimentation. This essay examines the dissonance between these generative and stigmatized paradigms o...
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Language: | English |
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University of Calgary
2021-03-01
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Series: | Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal |
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Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/68580 |