Is the student
fearing failure in school?
Not exact matches
Some high
schools in B.C. are weaning students off «
fear of
failure» by allowing them, after a failed test result, to review the unit on which the test was based and then take a different version of the test on the same topic.
Deborah Stipek, Dean of Stanford's
School of Education, writes
in Science that
schools incubate the
fear of
failure, which causes stress and anxiety to perform, which do not enhance learning.
Many urban educators live
in fear: of their
schools being labeled
failures, of increasingly punitive sanctions, of loss of respect and livelihood.
To help everyone
in the
school community see themselves as a change agent,
school leaders need to remove barriers to the change process, eradicate the
fear of
failure, provide autonomy, and empower teachers to drive change at the classroom level.
«As we learned from last year's tests, seven - year - olds are too young for formal exams and suffer stress and worry at a time when they're supposed to be learning to love
school and grow
in confidence rather than
fearing failure.
Later,
fears are more typically about possible
failure at
school or
in sport.
Examples of adverse experiences that could trigger a positive stress response (and the SE supports needed to buffer that stress) include a toddler's tumble or fall (under the reassuring eyes of a caregiver), a child's anxiety over beginning kindergarten or daycare (and an invested parent's firm but sympathetic response), or the adolescent's
fear of
failure on a long - term
school project (that is overcome by a parent's assistance
in simply learning how to organize or manage time).
For example, securely attached students experienced more
fear of
failure at the middle of the first semester
in college than at the end of high
school, felt less comfortable seeking help from teachers, and gave less priority to their studies.
[jounal] Caraway, K. / 2003 / Self - efficacy, goal orientation and
fear of
failure as predictors of
school engagement
in high
school students / Psychology
in the
Schools 40 (4): 417 ~ 427