Join a 5‑part Masterclass series with James Nottingham and embed self‑led challenge into the heart of your school, leadership and classrooms. Learn how to use mistakes as powerful fuel to drive learning forwards and use the Learning Pit to its full potential.
The role of challenge in driving learning. Over five sessions, James Nottingham will guide you through practical strategies that create cognitive dissonance, utilise the Learning Pit, and encourage dialogue. You will gain clear tools to support students in turning errors into opportunities for growth.
Why Challenge?
Cognitive science and pedagogy behind challenging learning; essential for creating buy in and drive with your teams.
Building from mistakes:
Going beyond valuing mistakes to building learning from mistakes into every day learning.
Intentional praise and feedback
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Fine-tuning your use of the Learning Pit.
Encourage students to more willingly step
out of their comfort zones, helping to boost their language of learning, problem-solving skills, metacognition and sense of efficacy.
Examine the cognitive science and pedagogy behind challenging learning. Understand how presenting ideas that conflict with pre‑existing beliefs can prompt deeper reflection and encourage new insights.
Learn to integrate learning from errors into everyday practice. This session demonstrates how to make mistakes a natural part of the growth process.
Discover how to offer feedback that focuses on learning outcomes. Learn how to provide praise that supports progress without simply urging others to try harder.
Find out how to use the Learning Pit as a framework for guiding students through challenging tasks. This session offers practical approaches to provide support and encourage persistence.
Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop strategies that embed challenge into your school culture. This session focuses on creating a shared vision and practical methods for everyday use.
If we try to build student growth mindset without attending to our own, it's like trying to drive with the brakes on - we'll only get so far. Attending to our own growth mindset and what we learned about mistake-making as a child is key to truly embedding growth mindset in our classrooms.
With 15 years of experience in developing student-led challenge in classrooms, Becky will share practical strategies to encourage students to drive their own challenge, adaptable and applicable to any classroom, any where, following any curricula.
In order to fully embed challenging learning, we need to develop a cohesive, shared, rich and alive language around challenge. With 15 years developing an embedded language around challenge, Becky will walk you and your teams through ways to ensure powerful language is the warp and weft of your classrooms.
James Nottingham is dedicated to building a culture of self‑motivation and persistence in schools. His approach uses challenge to drive learning by creating cognitive dissonance, utilising the Learning Pit, and encouraging dialogue. His work helps educators turn mistakes into opportunities for growth.
No worries, all sessions will be recorded and shared with participants to watch at your convenience.
No. The Masterclasses are designed for educators at all levels. James covers the fundamentals while offering strategies for those with more experience.
Yes. The sessions are structured to encourage discussion and collaborative implementation of the strategies.
Take the step toward creating an environment where learning from challenge is part of everyday practice. Join this opportunity to build a culture of challenge in your school.
*We never want money to hold back learning so we are offering equity discounts to those on a tighter budget. Email Becky Carlzon for more details.
