Developing Risk Taking in Students by Cheryl Robson

Developing Risk Taking in Students

Recognize failure as an ACCEPTED place on the pathway to success

Encouraging students to try out for sports or plays helps cultivate risk taking skills in children

Provide tools for experimentation

(Like TinkerSchool)

Gaming

Provide teaming opportunities in order to make risk taking "safer"

Provide a "safe" and "nurturing" environment for experimentation

Model risk taking behaviors for students

Engage students in thinking "outside the box"

Provide an environment that rewards "heroes" (the game's high scorers) - competition

Encouraging kids to try something new

Playing games with kids of all ages.

Provide activities that are engaging and meaningful and students are comfortable to learn.

Have students set goals that are attainable and motivating

Open ended games and open ended software

Encouraging multiple solutions to a problem

Carefully used, conflict can be a route to change

JILL, JARONIA, CHERYL