Engage students in unsticking their learning

Module: Building Resilient Learners

Unit: Engage students in unsticking their learning

Being stuck is a natural part of learning, we all get stuck. As learners we come across blocks and obstacles,  go into blind alleys,  get flummoxed by a vast range of possibilities, or simply don’t know enough to decide what to do next. But unless students are assisted to cope positively and practically with such confusion their deep engagement with learning may be in jeopardy.

This Unit aims to;

• help teachers to analyse how  their students’ think and feel about being stuck;
• look at their own practice in developing a learning friendly culture;
• suggest practical strategies to increase students’ skill and confidence in coping with being stuck;
• assist teachers to use a learning enquiry method to help shift their practice.