Failure is a memory of past. Everyday is a new day with an added advantage that you can make it big again

Rumani Dey Thank you for sharing your views. I agree with you that it is possible to handle failures from the past, and turn them to be more positive.

the researcher’s experience and skills increase

Akramjon Usmanovich Sarimsakov Thank you. You lifted up good points.

Never give up!

Charalampos Triantis Martinos Thank you. This is an excellent advice for all researchers and teachers.

Thank you for your good question, dear Raimo Kaasila!

Any result provides information for conclusions. And correctly drawn conclusions determine further development and improvement.

Best wishes only!

With deep respect, Vоlоdymyr Naumchuk

Volodymyr Naumchuk Thank you for sharing good ideas. I agree that correctly drawn conclusions are very imporatnt for further development and improvement.

Dear Raimo Kaasila ,

I think there is a cartoon that explains this in a fantastic way.

Look!

Filipe Wiltgen Thank you. The photo that you have sent describes in an excellent way the role of failure in researchers and teachers' work.

A researcher can fail, if the underlying hypothesis and methodical framework is false, not being adjusted to the search process. Failing in teaching is somewhat different; good teaching means to connect to the audience; if you are unable to connect to the other psyche, you will most probably fail.

Interested discussion.

Raimo Kaasila

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Abdullah Sikar Al-Issawi Thank you for positive feedback. I agree with you that many participants in this discussion have proposed great insights.

I like the topic. I would personally use unsuccessful attempt instead of failure. I think it is a great opportunity to improve your skills and to work harder.

Halmat Faieeq D Mahmood Thank you for sharing good ideas. I agree with you that the term failure can have a negative meaning. It definely can give a great starting point to improve skills. Actually, in Finland we have a national "Day of Failure" that includes the idea that failure can be considered in a positive way.

It would be natural to answer: "To change jobs".

However, there is a huge difference between a researcher's "failure" and a teacher "failure".

In general, where it has failed, carefully avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future.

Raimo Kaasila, I have been studying and reading a lot about the education system in Finland. I am impressed and in love with it. It is amazing how you all try to always share positive vibes..

Gioacchino de Candia Thank you for sharing good ideas. I agree with you one key thing is to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future.

Halmat Faieeq D Mahmood Thank you for the positive feedback. I agree with you that one strenght in the education system in Finland is to try to find positive sides about things that can sound challenging.

According to me a researcher is one who has Always failed in almost all aspects.

I don't know what makes a great teacher.

Rumani Dey and M.K. Tripathi

I think teacher is never a failure by profession. The responsibility of a teacher is only share or transfer of the knowledge. But there is a lesson for researcher, that he should learn from the mistakes of failure system, and try to correct, work hard and lead to the success.

Aijaz Panhwar Thank you. I agree with you that researchers should learn from the mistakes. This is the only way to get later success.

Reflective practice development

Bestoon Faraj Thank you for sharing a good remark. I agree with you that handling with failure is related to reflective practice, and how to develop it.

In addition to other people's responses, here is mine:

Yes oh, teachers and researchers cannot always and would always see something to appreciate about failure. This was because many people failed to acknowledged that a contribution to knowledge has been made available after understanding why failure is been experienced along a certain chosen route or method. A continuous un-acknowledgment of such kind of contribution would distance new invention or discovery from such individual because it would be taken as useless and would be disregarded as a usual practice by such individual. The truth is that on every success journey to targetted goal, failure is unavoidable and the way failure is managed would guarantee how long and how well the success would be attained. Raimo Kaasila Bestoon Faraj Aijaz Panhwar M.K. Tripathi

I can relate to a story. When I was writing my semester exams, I fell sick and had to leave the examination in between . I lost a year though I topped the college the previous semester. My dad had sent me back to complete my exam next year. And it was difficult to memorize or remember the points on the book. I struggled to remember the texts but still had to complete another year. This tragedy had taught me that only failures are successful as humans. When we cannot do what we used to do easily without effort , we realize the value of that thing.

Toyese Oyegoke Thank you for your good contribution for this discussion. I agree with you that in every successful journey failure is unavoidable and the way failure is managed would guarantee how long and how well the success would be attained.

Yes oh, Rumani Dey that's a great experience.

You are welcome and thanks for your acknowledgement Raimo Kaasila

An advice I often repeat to myself first, then to colleagues & my students: there is no success without failure. Failure teaches that only giving up means the true failure. It is said that the difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. Failure gives a boost to carrying on, summoning guts and having resilience to further attempts again and again to achieve outstanding successes.

Ahmed T. Hussein Thank you for your valuable contribution in this discussion. You are completely right with your advice that "there is no success without failure". You lifted up also another good and important point: people who have better achievement and success, usually have different views about failure than other people. This is a good point.

I write this completely from personal perspective. Humility is the first thing you learn. Nothing humbles a man beyond failure. That feeling broadens knowledge and exposure. It's just another way to learn from nature and the subject in question.

Prosper Ovuoraye Thank you for sharing your views. Your reply shows well that the role of failure can be seen in a many different ways.

Failures should motivate the researcher or teacher to further research. Success requires work, work and work.

Waldemar Łasica Thank you for your contribution. I agree with you that failure often can motivate to work harder. After taking some distance to the failure and the reasons for it it is possible to see it in a more positive light, and this opens new paths to go forward.

Failure makes one stronger and leads towards success.

Pravat Kumar Dhal Thank you sharing your views. You summed up very well the relation between failure and success.

Raimo Kaasila Sir,

Thanks for your generosity and recommendation of my reply!

Regards

Ana-Maria Mustățea

Reflective practice. Is the philosophy of self-improvement idea

Bestoon Faraj Thank you. You presented a very good point. The philosophy behind of many replies in this discussion is related to the idea of self-improvement or self-development. According to it, we can learn by doing mistakes. In this sense, exoeriences of failure are useful, and even necessary for development.

Thank you for asking a very good question. I believe the adage of how you respond to failure tell us a lot about who you are as a person. From failure, I learn how to improve myself and to get better, to push harder so that when you are successful, it is more meaningful.

Crystal Maraj Thank you. I completely agree with you that the thing how you respond to failure tell us a lot about who you are as a person. This is a very good point. I also agree with the importance of the self development or self improvement aspect that you mentioned in your reply.

experience and skills increase

Akramjon Usmanovich Sarimsakov Thank you for sharing your views. I agree with you.

For researchers, I have found that negative reviews have helped me to recognise aspects of my topic that I have not previously considered, and so to understand the 'context' of the topic more fully. For teachers, perhaps experiences of classroom failure might encourage them to explore the reasons, through trying out one of the less 'academic' forms of teacher research such as Exploratory Practice or Exploratory Action Research?

Martin Wedell Thank you for sharing your experiences. They are very useful. I agree that negative reviews from journals can often help to develop the qulity of the papers. I also agree that Exploratory Action Research or Practice oriented research help teachers to develop their teaching, too.

This is an interesting question. Most replies have focused on rejection of articles, but the is a broader issue too. How do academics respond to evidence that their favorite theories have failed? Are we open to paradigm change? I observe this in my own research into progressive curriculum reforms in 'developing' countries. A very considerable part of the literature promotes - and has long continued to promote - Anglo-American teaching styles despite a very high level of failure. In a recent book that included 424 classroom studies from searches on all 142 developing countries, I could not find one example of sustained progressive success in the classroom. Yet, this failure is rarely recognized in the literature. Instead, most proponents take minor positive signs (including misleading claims by teachers that they are using progressive methods, and classroom use of surface features such as grouped desks) as evidence of forthcoming success that merit on-going investment. The effect is that progressivism is for many a value position to be implemented rather than a theory to be tested. Over-stretched claims based on superficial evidence are often found in academic journals that can act to protect the academic in-groups represented on their editorial boards. This is confirmation bias in action, and may indeed explain some of the rejections discussed in the answers to this question!

Gerard Guthrie Thank you for your very valuable contribution in this discussion. It is good that you have considered failure from a broader viewpoint. Your question "How do academics respond to evidence that their favorite theories have failed?" is very relevant, and you presented good points when replying to this question.

I think it's better to learn on success, luck

Volodymyr Biletskyi Thank you for your contribution in this discussion. I completely agree with you that we can learn a lot on success. But I see that also experiences of failure are important, and that they often help us later achieve success.

Interestingly is there anyone whom has not failed in reality? That Question is unprecedented.

However, teachers and researcher just learn a better way to do or perform a task. What do you do with your self whenever you failed. You simply pick your self up and find a better way to do or perform the task.

Prosper Ovuoraye Thank you for your reply. I also see that everyone has had experiences of failure. I agree with you find a better way to perform the task is a good way to cope with failure.

Failure in the educational system leads us to scrutinize the philosophy of education and ascertain the sincerity of the political will for educational reform. In third world countries, the comprador elite manages public affairs, including education, and studies have proven that there is a disruption to the success of education based on the inclusion of invalid educational curricula.

محمد طاهيري Thank you for your contribution in this discussion, and for telling about the situation ín some countries of the third world.