Why Learning Fails

Uncover the reasons behind learning pitfalls with my range of blogs. Explore learning failures such as working memory constraints, insufficient background knowledge, overconfidence, and the pitfalls of poor planning and independence. The blogs offer practical solutions to overcome these hurdles, empowering learners with effective strategies and tools for success. Whether you're a teacher, leader, or educator, you can better root out learning failures to secure future success.

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Thinking Hard...and Motivation

Are you struggling to motivate your horizontal students too? So we have found the secret to learning…thinking hard. Part one of this series – you can find it here – explored what we mean by thinking hard and it explored just some of the many reasons why we avoid it. It

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Focusing on Failure

[Insert inspirational quote about failure here] I fail therefore I succeed. Failure is the pathway to success. Learn to fail – learn to succeed. The internet is awash with aphorisms like these. A million posters about attitude and mindset capture the same common sense truth. Failure, although bitter to the taste,

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Failing with Confidence

So often this year I have encountered students crippled with a fear of failure. At this time of year, with exams looming, that crisis of confidence can erupt – flattening a student with terrific force. In schools we can use the resilient language of the ‘growth mindset’, but for many students