Resilient Learners

1. Thinking and struggling are
prerequisites for learning…..
Can you make a 5 pointed star
with four folds and one cut?

3. Learning…..
• should be hard
• should value mistake making as part of the
experience
• include teaching to bridge between the known
and what is to be learned
• application of skills in real life contexts to
deepen learning

4. Strategies for Challenge
• Deep end instructions
• Struggle time
• Probing questioning
• Synoptic tasks
• Problem solving
• Collaborative group work
• Self progression
• Reciprocal teaching
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARP_IG22YsM&sa
fe=active

5. • Resilience is a life skill that all teachers should
focus on throughout students' education careers.
As members of the school, we cannot wait for
resilience to materialize organically for each
student. To place an emphasis on resilience in the
classroom is to realize that creating people who
are able to respond to challenges and setbacks is
an important goal of education, if not the goal.
(Tammy Russell, 2013)

6. Ofsted Framework 2015
• Pupils love the challenge of learning and are
resilient to failure. They are curious, interested
learners who seek out and use new
information to develop, consolidate and
deepen their knowledge, understanding and
skills.
(Quality of teaching, learning and assessment)

7. Skateboarding lesson
The RI lesson
• Extended safety briefing
• Teacher demo – let me
show you
• Skateboarding level ladder
• Everybody do the same
• Teacher feedback
• Self assessment
The Outstanding lesson