”Noa har inga fel”: om bristfokus i skolans utvecklingssamtal
(2006) In Utbildning & Demokrati: Tidskrift för didaktik och utbildningspolitik 15(3). p.61-81- Abstract
- It has been suggested that a parent–teacher–student conference should centre on the capacities and good qualities of the student. This article focuses on teacher discourse in situations where the students’ answers (in mathematics tests, written assignments etc.) are either entirely or almost entirely correct. The study shows that, in eight cases out of ten, the comments made reflect a “deficiency perspective”, i.e. teachers make comments such as "There are no mistakes here", "No problem with this one", "Here you only had one mistake". Judging from the conferences studied, schooling is more a matter of learning how to avoid errors than learning how to do whatever is correct. The risk is that students may develop a fear of making mistakes... (More)
- It has been suggested that a parent–teacher–student conference should centre on the capacities and good qualities of the student. This article focuses on teacher discourse in situations where the students’ answers (in mathematics tests, written assignments etc.) are either entirely or almost entirely correct. The study shows that, in eight cases out of ten, the comments made reflect a “deficiency perspective”, i.e. teachers make comments such as "There are no mistakes here", "No problem with this one", "Here you only had one mistake". Judging from the conferences studied, schooling is more a matter of learning how to avoid errors than learning how to do whatever is correct. The risk is that students may develop a fear of making mistakes and learn that their own and other people’s errors are to be emphasized. In an educational context, making mistakes should not be seen as a risk. A fear of getting it wrong interferes with development. (Less)
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- author
- Hofvendahl, Johan LU
- publishing date
- 2006
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- parent–teacher–student conference, teacher discourse, teacher leadership, motivation, self-confidence
- in
- Utbildning & Demokrati: Tidskrift för didaktik och utbildningspolitik
- volume
- 15
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 61 - 81
- publisher
- Uppsala Universitet, Centrum för didaktik
- ISSN
- 1102-6472
- language
- Swedish
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- 5ba382cd-9b20-4d3d-b450-c05fe80bdd8f (old id 2376552)
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title = {{”Noa har inga fel”: om bristfokus i skolans utvecklingssamtal}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/53897315/Noa_har_inga_fel_bristfokus_.pdf}},
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