The research is in: we learn in more profound ways when we encounter struggle, difficulty and resistance. Can you think of a learning experience that was profound because you experienced a challenge or difficulty? Of course you can – we all have them. The challenge for modern educators is that we have come to value 'getting it right' over truly learning from our experiences. In fact, many of the ways we structure our educational environments make us believe that learning is taking place, when in reality it is actually performance.

Some long-held beliefs such as the value of immediate feedback and the efficiency of direct instruction are being questioned as brain research continues to shed light on how we remember, retrieve and learn. In this interactive session, we will explore research, conduct an activity and look at examples of how we shift our environments to ones that support the messiness of deeper learning over the polish of performance.