How do my students deal with being stuck? How stuck friendly is my classroom culture? What might I do to develop a more stuck friendly classroom culture?
Stuck and unstuck
Being stuck is a natural part of learning, we all get stuck. 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.
Being able to get ourselves unstuck is as much about how we react emotionally as it is about having the practical strategies to work out how to overcome it. Being able to manage an effective way out of being stuck is a critical part of persevering.
Re-framing being stuck
But never being stuck or unsure doesn’t bode well for learning. It may well mean you are just coasting along; going through the motions, doing exercises rather than learning. Getting the most out of being stuck involves thinking of it anew; as an interesting place to be; being on the brink of learning; almost, but not quite understanding something new or different.
The two questionnaires in this section aim to help you analyse:
- What your students do now when they get stuck and what this reveals [Questionnaire 1 Stuck Questions]
- How learning friendly your classroom culture appears to be and what this might suggest. [Questionnaire 2 Culture Questions]
Results from these questionnaires will take you to a focused range of moving forward ideas.
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