The authors claim that making teachers' own mistakes, struggles, and fears central to the curriculum lessens students' fear of making mistakes in a new endeavor¶
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q1 i? Centering teachers' own mistakes, struggles, and fears in the curriculum lessens student fear of making mistakes and normalizes and values such moments. → Angelica Paz Ortiz 2019
Evidence¶
Angelica Paz Ortiz 2019¶
Angelica Paz Ortiz, Beth Tarasawa, Jack Straton, Noelle Al-Mustaifry, Anmarie Trimble. (2019). Positionality in teaching: Implications for advancing social justice. Journal of General Education 67(1), 109-121. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/positionality-in-teaching-implications-for-advancing-social-justice/ doi:10.5325/jgeneeduc.67.1-2.0109
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This is the authors' reflective assertion in the abstract of a practice-based article; no empirical study, data, or effect size is reported. The article states the practice "normalizes and values these moments" for students encountering a new endeavor.
"If talking about our own mistakes, struggles, and fears is central to the curriculum, that lessens the fear of making mistakes in a new endeavor and even normalizes and values these moments."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it
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The authors claim that making teachers' own mistakes, struggles, and fears central to the curriculum lessens students' fear of making mistakes in a new endeavor |
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The authors claim that making teachers' own mistakes, struggles, and fears central to the curriculum lessens students' fear of making mistakes in a new endeavor |
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