Engage students in rising to challenge

Module: Building Resilient Learners

Finding learning difficult is part and parcel of learning. Indeed when learning is not challenging it is often a case of practising / consolidating what one can already do as opposed to breaking new ground. As learners we all come across difficulties that cause us to think hard – the question is whether we are excited by the prospect of rising to the challenge, or daunted by the prospect of not rising to the challenge. Do we think ‘Great, this is tricky and I’m going to give it a go’ or ‘Oh dear, this is probably too hard for me’?

This Unit aims to:

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