Productive failure
Professor Manu Kapur, Chair of Learning Sciences and Higher Education, ETH Zurich
Those who fail productively are all the wiser - but how can we consciously shape this intuitively compelling approach and use it to create long-lasting learning experiences? In this talk, Manu Kapur will describe his research on productive failure and its implications for how we design powerful learning environments, innovation and creativity.
Manu Kapur holds the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and directs the Future Learning Initiative (FLI) at ETH Zurich. An ETH+-funded initiative, the FLI brings together more than 20 professors from ten departments at ETH Zurich to advance research on the science of teaching and learning in higher education contexts, as well as to translate it into the practice of teaching and learning at ETH Zurich.
Prior to this, Manu was a Professor of Psychological Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. Manu also worked at the National Institute of Education (NIE/NTU) in Singapore as the Head of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Department, as well as the Head of the Learning Sciences Lab (LSL).