Episode 11: Supporting learner confidence

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Alone Up Front

Education


More confidence is good, right? Learners require confidence to try out ideas, engage in group work and enjoy their learning. It follows that educators should be looking to boost learner confidence at every opportunity. But could this approach also be creating problems? What about dealing with over-confident learners? And what if our all-encompassing efforts to boost group confidence are less inclusive than we imagine, and are actually increasing the gap between our most and least confident learners? All this and more in this week's episode.