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Mathematics for human flourishing: Chapter 8 Struggle

Ollerton, Mike

2023

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(Donaldson, p.115) A key issue in my practice is to try to create a classroom culture where I offer tasks that are both accessible and challenging; to encourage students to experience struggle in positive ways. What follows is an extract from a blog that appears on the Grayrigg CE School website https:// www.grayrigg.cumbria.sch.uk I have no idea what the children in my school will be when they are older, I don't know which bit of their curriculum learning will be most important to their personal success, but I am confident that the ability to push themselves, be resilient when they wobble, endure when something doesn't quite go as planned and to learn from mistakes will be important, not only in their future careers, but for the type of person they become and their personal well-being, because the most important thing children need to know is that it's OK to not be perfect. Fortunately, here at Grayrigg they have an excellent role model of imperfection in their head teacher - I am proud to be imperfect, I get so many things wrong, but fortunately I love to wobble! (Kirsty Cooper, Grayrigg Headteacher) I see a strong connection here between Kirsty's wobbling and:

• Publisher: The Association of Teachers of Mathematics
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