Guide to Making Mistakes – tips and tricks for teachers
Helping children to embrace their learning opportunities There’s a lot of talk about mistakes, the ‘positivity’ of failure’ and the learning opportunities they bring. Mistakes are a regular visitor in the life of a child – but bringing for many a sense of shame, or perhaps denial that they even occur with the common refrains “It wasn’t me.” “I didn’t do it on purpose.” “It’s not my fault.” “You told me to do it that way!” Why is making mistakes so hard to do – and…
