How Teachers Can Help Students Overcome Failure, Perfectionism, Procrastination, Impostor Syndrome and Test Anxiety

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-08006-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: The Teacher CPD Academy

We learn more from failure than success, right?

Unfortunately, the reality is that many students view failure as a sign to switch their focus, lower their expectations or simply give in. Failure and other psychological conditions – like perfectionism, procrastination, impostor syndrome and test anxiety – cause emotional distress and impair students’ cognitive performance. But it needn’t be like this. Fail Better offers genuine insight for those tackling these issues in schools, revealing how teachers can help students to achieve success.

Informed by a wealth of research from psychology, cognitive and behavioural science, Mark Roberts outlines the nature and scale of each issue and the practical steps that can be taken to overcome it. Providing an array of practical solutions to pervasive psychological problems, the chapters cover:

- Establishing classroom learning cultures that enable students to fail forwards

- Encouraging students to overcome perfectionism by evaluating their progress in realistic and healthy ways

- Embedding effective study techniques to combat procrastination

- Helping students to silence their inner critic and manage impostor syndrome

- Changing the narrative around test anxiety

Packed with actionable strategies, and part of the InnerDrive Teacher CPD Academy series that dives deep into key areas that matter to teachers, this book provides a clear blueprint for tackling barriers to learning.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberts, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1: Why don’t students learn from failure?

2: Helping students to fail forwards

3: Why do some students struggle with perfectionism?

4: Helping students to strive for excellence

5: Why do some students procrastinate?

6: Helping students to seize the day

7: Why do some students experience impostor syndrome?

8: Helping students to silence their inner critic

9: Why do some students have test anxiety?

10: Helping students to respond positively to academic stress

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Roberts is the author of the bestsellers Boys Don’t Try? and The Boy Question. He also writes for Tes on subjects including pedagogy and educational research. Mark is Director of Research and English teacher at Carrickfergus Grammar School in Northern Ireland.