In Praise Of Foibles

“This book brings a desperately needed perspective to the world of teaching and learning. As educators, we must do a better job of teaching students the art of struggling in a safe learning environment- as they learn what struggle looks like, sounds like, and feels like. Through this, students will learn the value and opportunity in both success and failure. The gift we can give our students is the wisdom of recognizing a struggle, embracing it and approaching it with a growth mindset rather than that of fear and defeat. This book provides reflection and opportunities for all educators to better embrace the struggle for both students and themselves.”

“In Praise of Foibles is an inspiring and deeply compelling account that makes the indisputable case to help our students ‘fail forward.’ An important job of any teacher is to help students learn to embrace failure. Ron Nash contends that students learn “how to deal with failure by having to deal with failure.’ This is done, Nash maintains, by creating an emotionally safe school culture that promotes collaborative learning tasks, while, at the same time, championing the blessings of failure as a learning opportunity.”

“I received the book today and had a hard time putting it down!!!”

“In Praise of Foibles: The Impact of Mistakes, Failure, and Fear on Continuous Improvement in Schools by Ron Nash is a must read for all educators in an ever-changing educational field. Ron dives deep into long-lasting improvements every school leader needs to address to move forward. As Ron writes, “Don’t blame the people, fix the system.”