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When we approach the term \u2018error\u2019 in the context of the classroom, one of the first things that perhaps comes to mind is that once mistakes got the red pen treatment<\/strong>, usually with a nice, firm pen stroke across the page. And when there were a lot of mistakes, those red pen marks looked like open wounds on a piece of paper, which were then reflected in the sad and \u2018guilty\u2019 demeanour of the pupil who had made those mistakes.<\/p>\nPerhaps, immediately afterward, we are reminded of the feelings that \u2013 as pupils \u2013 we experienced when we were sitting at our desks: having made a mistake made us feel uncomfortable or, worse, stupid. Many of us will recall the experience of making mistakes by associating it with a judgment of disapproval given by significant figures<\/strong> \u2013 such as our teachers and parents.
\nAnd while for some these were transitory and surmountable feelings, perhaps for other learners that feeling of failure and inner insecurity was intolerable, to the point of making the school experience a torture, generating anxiety and concentration difficulties. <\/p>\nAnd yet\u2026 \u201cWe learn by making mistakes!\u201d<\/em>. And this is another phrase that we will no doubt remember hearing many times uttered by our teachers and parents. An idiom that is not new, but whose meaning is not so obvious.
\nBy making mistakes, what do we learn? If mistakes allow us to improve the learning process, their value is undeniable. And perhaps we need to take this as our starting point to begin to reconsider the relationship between knowledge and education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.scuoladifallimento.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scuole-Scuola-di-Fallimento-02.jpeg\")
The option of making mistakes, in fact, creates the conditions for the development of more effective learning, since failed hypotheses are nothing more than a resource for making the teaching-learning process of which we are part smoother<\/strong>, for both learners and teachers. <\/p>\nMistakes, then, are also linked to creativity<\/strong>. Faithfully following the paths traced by others may be reassuring, it may spare us failures, but learning also passes along unexplored, less linear and more tortuous routes<\/strong>.
\nIt is no coincidence that Latins coined the phrase that \u2018errare humanum est\u2019<\/em>. And who is erring? Those who walk along untrodden paths, those who do not have pre-set benchmarks that force us to use cognitive resources that we have gained as pre-established mindsets.
\nIt is interesting, in this sense, to look also at the etymology of the term \u2018education\u2019 (from Latin ex-ducere<\/em>), which has a twofold meaning.
\nIn the token sense, it refers to the meaning of leading, of leading towards a purpose. It is from this connotation that perhaps the prevailing educational model derives according to which: \u201cwhoever has knowledge leads whoever does not have knowledge (out of ignorance)\u201d along known paths.
\nBut the verb educate also expresses another meaning, perhaps a lesser known one: that of leading away, leading aside, recalling the notion of being carried away, led beyond paths that have already been traced. This is a prospective that retrieves an educational system referring it to the need to consider errors and failures in a dimension of acceptance<\/strong> and not as signs of incompetence to be condemned, to be eliminated, or worse, to be punished.<\/p>\nMaking mistakes is human; continuing to commit new ones is perhaps even more so. Any success story<\/strong> \u2013 from the child who stands up and takes his first steps, to expeditions to the moon, to the publication of Harry Potter books \u2013 is the result of a path strewn with mistakes, stumbling stones and bitter disappointments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.scuoladifallimento.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scuole-Scuola-di-Fallimento-03.jpeg\")
Fortunately, something has changed since the time of mistakes getting the red pen treatment. But there is still a lot of work to do, starting from the awareness that educators are the first to act in a situation of uncertainty and to adopt trial and error, evolving as languages and methods.
\nAnd error needs to be a source of learning for both parties: the educator and the learner<\/strong>.
\nHelping children in their growth process requires patient, curious and capable adults, whether they are parents or teachers. Adults who see school as a place where it is possible to experience doubts and uncertainties<\/strong> about something new and unknown without this becoming a problem.<\/p>\nIt is precisely the ability to face life\u2019s difficulties first-hand that builds the foundations of individual self-confidence<\/strong>.
\nAnd precisely at school, today\u2019s children are trained to become those patient, curious and capable adults of tomorrow. And Scuola di Fallimento invests in and focuses on the future<\/strong>, designing:<\/p>\n\n- creative workshops for children (from 3 years), teachers and parents<\/li>\n
- \u201cError kit\u201d for teachers and elementary, middle and senior schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To find out more and build the proCourse that best suits the needs of your classes or school \u2013 send us a message<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2306,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSCHOOLS - Scuola di Fallimento<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scuoladifallimento.com\/en\/our-procourses\/for-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SCHOOLS - Scuola di Fallimento\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scuoladifallimento.com\/en\/our-procourses\/for-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scuola di Fallimento\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scuoladifallimento\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-29T12:46:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scuoladifallimento.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scuole-Scuola-di-Fallimento-01.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scuoladifallimento.com\\\/en\\\/our-procourses\\\/for-schools\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scuoladifallimento.com\\\/en\\\/our-procourses\\\/for-schools\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCHOOLS - 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