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coACTION Project ModulePage 15/24Whole School Approach ● Give room for mistakes in dialogue, not just in evaluations. ● Respond to criticism constructively and transparently. ● Say: ‘Thank you for your openness - we'll see together how we can learn from it.’ For children in relation to teachers: When children are allowed to give feedback Children feel that they are taken seriously when they are allowed to say to teachers: ‘I didn't understand that’ or ‘That hurt me’. This strengthens their communication skills, empathy - and their relationship with the teacher. What you can do (as a teacher): ● Ask for feedback regularly. ● Respond openly, even if the feedback is uncomfortable. ● Make it clear that adults make mistakes too - and that's okay. For children among themselves: Understanding mistakes as part of the community Misunderstandings, awkwardness and ill-considered remarks arise particularly in social interaction. When children learn to allow each other to make mistakes, a classroom climate of respect and cohesion is created. What you can do (as a teacher): ● Practise dialogue formats such as ‘error consultation’. ● Communicate that apologising is a strength. ● Encourage a culture in which it is normal to say: ‘I didn't make it - who can help me?’ ➡ Concrete examples: error consultation