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Why is failure so attractive?Using success does not mean ignoring 'failure'.You can use both (and all) kinds of experience. By doing so you offer more routes to learning - including happy ones! You also increase the chances of using failure constructively. And reviewing itself can become a more enjoyable and rewarding process. People are attracted to experience-based training or education because they expect it to be an involving and enjoyable process. Then along comes 'review time' or a 'debriefing session' that is anything but involving and enjoyable - especially when the focus is on failure. Why should this be so? The reasons are many (and will be discussed in a research-based article in the 'Food for Thought' section of this guide). Just three possibilities are mentioned next. |
Why failure attracts attention in reviews
All of the above questions can
be asked to
individuals or to groups.
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Reviewing by QuestionsOne of the most frequently used reviewing methods is where a facilitator asks questions to the group.Two common pieces of advice are:
Monitoring
the balance of
your questions = likely to focus on positivesYou can repeat this exercise following the session, but based on the questions you actually did ask. A co-worker may be able to help you with this, and may even be helpful enough to record the kinds of responses that each question produced. There are no right or wrong answers about the 'correct' or 'best' ratio of postives to negatives. Feedback from learners will certainly assist your judgement on this point. (This is explored further on the feedback and evaluation pages.) |
More examples of alternative questions
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Questions matched to
the
reviewing cycle
(sequenced questions - part of the reviewing cycle tutorial)
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