Whittle Rebecca, Brewster Liz, Medd Will, Simmons Hilary, Young Rob, Graham Edith
Emot Space Soc. 2020 Nov;37:100719. doi: 10.1016/j.emospa.2020.100719. Epub 2020 Sep 1.
This article reflects on insights from an action research project where we worked with students whose university experience was inhibited by the fear of failure. In contrast to the popular concept of 'learning from failure', which involves intellectualizing the experience and distancing ourselves from it, our findings demonstrate the importance of a 'present tense' focus on emotions and affects in order to understand the experience of failure for students. Doing so brings us face-to-face with the often painful experience of failure in the present moment which, we argue, is an important and valid part of the university experience. We conclude by reflecting on the kinds of spaces and skills that may be needed to work with this new understanding of failure and show that developing these is a crucial part of resisting neoliberalism and creating a more 'care-full' (Mountz et al., 2015) academy.
本文反思了一项行动研究项目中的见解。在该项目中，我们与那些因害怕失败而影响大学经历的学生合作。与“从失败中学习”这一流行概念不同，后者涉及对经历进行理性思考并与之保持距离，我们的研究结果表明，以“当下时态”关注情感和影响对于理解学生的失败经历至关重要。这样做会让我们直面当下失败时常常痛苦的经历，我们认为这是大学经历中重要且有效的一部分。我们通过思考应对这种对失败的新理解可能需要的空间和技能来得出结论，并表明培养这些是抵制新自由主义和创建一个更具“关怀性”（芒茨等人，2015年）的学术环境的关键部分。
