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Next seminar
Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing
Prof. Manu Kapur | 15th October 2025, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Location: Donald McIntyre Building, Room GS5
Abstract: If learning from failure is intuitively compelling, why do we wait for it to happen? Why don’t we intentionally design for it, and harness it for deep learning? In my talk, I will describe what Productive Failure is, how, when and why intentionally designing for failure in a safe way can lead to deep learning, and its implications for how we can design powerful learning environments for developing conceptual understanding, creativity, and transfer.
Previous speakers
Some of the speakers we’ve had in recent years:
- Jill Adler
- Branko Andjic
- Nicolas Balacheff
- Alan Bishop
- Margaret Brown
- Pamela Burnard
- Beth Burroughs
- Nigel Calder
- David Clarke
- Paul Cobb
- Brent Davis
- Peter Dudley
- Paul Ernest
- Lianghuo Fan
- Carla Finesilver
- Colin Foster
- Susan Gerofsky
- Hala Ghousseini
- Lulu Healy
- Jeremy Hodgen
- Celia Hoyles
- Matthew Inglis
- Merrilyn Goos
- Magdalene Lampert
- Zsolt Lavicza
- Gosia Marschall
- John Mason
- Candia Morgan
- Jane Moss
- Elena Nardi
- Terezinha Nunes
- David Pomeroy
- Despina Potari
- Luke Rolls
- Flavia H. Santos
- Alan Schoenfeld
- Karin Sørlie Street
- Jon Star
- Gabriel Stylianides