{"id":143379246,"date":"2024-04-09T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writetosuccess.net\/on-making-mistakes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T07:00:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T07:00:41","slug":"on-making-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writetosuccess.net\/zh_hk\/on-making-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"On Making Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why teachers should embrace errors &#8212; especially their own!<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samuel Beckett\u2019s words (from the novella <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samuel-beckett.net\/w_ho.html\">Worstward Ho<\/a><\/em>) are an arch rallying cry for MFA types.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have never set well with me. Blame a lifetime of planting the flag of my self-worth in the quicksand of perfectionism. Blame Puritan-Prussian heritage (my DNA is halfway to being a ladder). Blame having heard the message too late.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blame apportioned, a problem remains. Perfectionism is permissible (if inadvisable) for an individual; it is unacceptable in teaching.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Showing up and getting it wrong is always a strange feeling. Last year, I was presenting at an online conference. At the appointed time, I logged on and began my spiel. That it was my first time using Zoom in a while should have given me pause.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deep breath, off to a start.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We can\u2019t hear you well<\/em>, the moderator piped.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamming on my oversize headphones, I tried to smile and continued.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pop-up obscured my presentation, something about recording, blah blah. Impatient to be rid of it, I clicked the X in the top right corner and found myself staring at a static screen.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My panicked brain registered, <em>logged out<\/em>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My immediate impulse: crawl under the table and call it a day.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, I scrabbled through the emails, found the link, logged back in, found myself flipping through tabs trying to restore my presentation, rictus grin on my face, tried to make light: <em>As we can see, there is always the possibility of technical issues<\/em>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1588196749597-9ff075ee6b5b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHx6b29tfGVufDB8fHx8MTcxMjUyNzg5NHww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" alt=\"macbook pro displaying group of people\"\/><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broadly speaking, I\u2019d rather be right than happy. Being right makes me happy.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps one of the reasons I came to teaching only after a substantial career in journalism was that my younger self needed to control the outcome. I can massage a piece of writing to perfection.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing in a classroom, or delivering a presentation, opens up all kinds of variables, exciting new ways to screw up.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a deep part of me that will always be appalled by this; counterbalancing, a part that knows learning is more important than knowledge \u2014 and that the only honest way to communicate this to students is to model it.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It isn\u2019t enough to say, <em>you can learn from mistakes<\/em>; teachers need to demonstrate it.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psychologist Carol Dweck coined the now-familiar terms growth mindset and fixed mindset. Writing for the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2016\/01\/what-having-a-growth-mindset-actually-means\">Harvard Review<\/a><\/em>, she notes: \u201cIndividuals who believe their talents can be developed (through hard work, good strategies, and input from others) have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2018\/09\/having-a-growth-mindset-makes-it-easier-to-develop-new-interests\">growth mindset<\/a>\u2026. \u00a0they worry less about looking smart and put more energy into learning.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>They worry less about looking smart<\/em>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where the teacher tug-o\u2019-war starts: the educator desire to want to model excellence and expertise versus the student need to see curiosity and willingness to screw up.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because we do, oh we do.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You can\u2019t learn what you already know<\/em>, I tell my classes. Existing expertise may gratify the ego, but it doesn\u2019t grow the intellect.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adjuring students to take intellectual risks and accept failures as part of the learning process is a cop-out though. Everyone who has spent time around young mammals knows they are fiercely imitative. To have any chance of inspiring imitation, teachers need to show, not tell; act, not instruct.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is borne out by research: MacDonnell Mesler et al. (2021) found that teachers with growth mindsets had a \u201cpositive and statistically significant association with the development of their students\u2019 growth mindsets.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How does a teacher demonstrate a growth mindset? Only by admitting to imperfect knowledge, making mistakes and learning from them, getting out of their comfort zone and engaging with difficulties.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students are quick to sniff out inauthentic attitudes. As much as I\u2019d love to be able to convince them it\u2019s not just fine but <em>important<\/em> to screw up occasionally, that message will ring false if unaccompanied by the grace and humility to make and acknowledge errors. To overcome my reluctance, I challenge myself to do the following.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1456406644174-8ddd4cd52a06?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzMHx8c3R1ZGVudCUyMGxpYnJhcnl8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzEyNTY5MjkxfDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" alt=\"man wearing white top using MacBook\"\/><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make space for student expertise<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A friend who knows me very well once remarked, half in jest, that I\u2019d make a good cult leader. He knows how much I love to be right and persuade others of my rightness. Hence, it is a serious discipline to shut myself down (multiple times a day) and make space for student expertise. They know things I don\u2019t, lots and lots of things.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of always telling them what I know (ah, Sinai!) I make a practice of asking what they know. This throws up surprises (another thing perfectionists hate) and sends us on tangents. It is crucial; students need agency, need to know that what they know is valuable and integral to what they are learning.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adopt a \u2018learn with\u2019 not \u2018teach to\u2019 approach<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reframing the educational encounter as a mutual learning experience creates opportunities for teachers and students alike. Though it is easy to fall back on the egotistical attitude of <em>I\u2019m the teacher, listen to me<\/em>, this is precisely how not to inspire a growth mindset. <em>Teaching to<\/em> implies the teacher is omniscient; depending on the student, this obvious nonsense will discourage, annoy or spur indifference. (Why should I be intellectually adventurous and honest if my teacher isn\u2019t?)<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <em>learn with<\/em> approach emphasizes that learning is ongoing for everyone, and that no matter how much a person knows about a subject, there is always more to discover.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Screw up and own it<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most valuable phrases in a teacher\u2019s repertoire is, <em>I was wrong<\/em>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also one of the hardest things (for me) to say.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professional pride, ego, perfectionism all get in the way of admitting mistakes, but it is unutterably important that students have positive models for screwing up and owning it.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teachers have to be willing to make and acknowledge mistakes to model the next, crucial step: learning from that mistake.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledging an error opens the door to correcting it; refusing to do so keeps students and teachers locked in false, precarious attitudes of expertise that hinder personal and collaborative learning.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would I prefer to be a flawless, infinitely knowledgeable teacher? Of course.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would that make me a better educator? Absolutely not.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resisting perfectionism and owning errors will always be a struggle, but my students will ultimately benefit, and that\u2019s what matters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why teachers should embrace errors &#8212; especially their own!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143379246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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