Mistakes happen, but do your learners see mistakes as roadblocks or learning opportunities? As we head into a new school year and work towards building safe and positive classroom environments, we have a chat about the research on error climate in the classroom and explore how students’ perception of mistakes shape their motivation, confidence, and willingness to take risks.

We’ll share some practical strategies to help students build their tolerance for errors and consider how our own reactions and responses shape the error climate in our classrooms—often more than we realise!

Helpful Links 💡

British Journal of Educational Psychology - Error Climate
Edutopia: Growing Students' Mistake Tolerance
APA: The Interplay Between Mistakes and Learning

Recording this as PD? Here are the relevant APSTs:

Focus Area 3.3 – Use teaching strategies

Focus Area 4.1 – Support student participation
Focus Area 6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice.