One thing that jumped out at me in this chapter is letting your students know its okay to fail sometimes. It is really great when a student knows they don't have the right answer, but isn't afraid to participate. I don't think enough teachers make this clear enough for their classes.
In this part of the chapter it talks about getting students to take risks. The risk of being wrong shouldn't ever stop a student. It's our jobs as teachers to make students feel comfortable no matter what to participate in their own learning. If they get something wrong we should work through it with them in a non demeaning way until the answer is clear.
I choose this part because I never felt comfortable enough to participate in school unless I knew I had the absolute correct answer. That's not a good learning environment to be in. Everyone should have confidence within themselves and as teachers we should be fueling that confidence, not smoother it. It's alright to be wrong because everyone has been wrong at some point in their lives.
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