Mindset Health: Embracing Failure as a Paradox of Learning Pedagogy in Higher Education

Authors

  • Yahya Afandi STT Satyabhakti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54345/jta.v5i2.80

Keywords:

Failure, Fixed Mindset, Growth Mindset, Pedagogy Paradox

Abstract

Kegagalan adalah salah satu fakta kehidupan yang tidak mudah untuk

ditangani, khususnya oleh seorang dewasa. Alih-alih menarik pelajaran

penting dengan saksama dan detail dari kegagalan yang dialami, ia justru

berusaha sejauh mungkin menghindarkan diri dari fakta ini. Artikel ini

hendak menyajikan hasil pemikiran Carol Susan Dweck, salah satu Profesor

Psikologi dari Stanford University, dalam melakukan pengamatan menarik

tentang mekanisme penanganan fakta kegagalan. Dari pengamatannya,

Dweck menyadari bahwa kualitas manusia, seperti keterampilan intelektual

dapat dikembangkan. Dalam banyak disiplin ilmu, karya Dweck tentang

“mindset” atau pola pikir, telah dikaitkan dengan berbagai keberhasilan

akademik para peserta didik. Melalui penelitiannya tersebut, Dweck

memperkenalkan dua istilah, yaitu “fixed and growth mindset” yang

menjelaskan akibat dari keengganan terhadap risiko dan kegagalan dalam

perkembangan pembelajaran. Kelompok dengan pola pikir tetap “Fixed

Mindset” (FM) memandang sifat dan kecerdasan sebagai bawaan yang

cenderung mengikat identitas antara kesuksesan dan kinerja, yang sering

menyebabkan ketidaknyamanan terhadap kegagalan. Sedangkan orang-

orang dengan pola pikir berkembang “Growth Mindset” (GM) memandang

diri mereka sendiri sebagai sesuatu yang dapat berubah melalui

pembelajaran, termasuk kebutuhan untuk mencoba hal-hal baru untuk maju.

Orang dengan pola pikir berkembang mengaitkan kesalahan dan kegagalan

dengan pembelajaran serta peningkatan yang positif—bukan hal negatif.

Melalui tema ini, penulis menawarkan “embracing failure” sebagai sebuah

paradoks pedagogis yang penting untuk menjalani dinamika proses

pembelajaran teologi secara kritis dan kreatif sekaligus proses pembentukan

diri sebagai seorang pelayan Injil yang berdaya lenting dan relevan di

tengah era disruptif ini.

 

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Abstract

Failure is a difficult reality to accept, especially as an adult. Instead of

carefully and thoroughly drawing important lessons from his failures, he

attempted to avoid this fact as much as possible. This article would like to

present the ideas of Carol Susan Dweck, a Stanford University Professor of

Psychology, who has made some interesting observations about the

mechanism for dealing with the fact of failure. Dweck realized that human

qualities, such as intellectual skills, could be developed based on her

observations. Dweck's work on "mindset" has been linked to various

academic successes of students across many disciplines. Dweck's research

introduced two terms, "fixed and growth mindset," which describe the

effects of risk aversion and failure in learning development. Groups with a

"Fixed Mindset" (FM) view traits and intelligence as innate, which tends to

tie the identity between success and performance, causing discomfort when

a failure occurs. People with a growth mindset (GM), on the other hand, see

themselves as something that can change through learning, including the

need to try new things in order to advance. Mistakes and failures are

associated with positive learning and improvement in people with a growth

mindset, not negative ones. Through this theme, the author proposes

"embracing failure" as a pedagogical paradox necessary for critically and

creatively experiencing the dynamics of the theological learning process, as

well as the process of self-formation as a resilient and relevant gospel

minister in the midst of this disruptive era.

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Published

2022-08-01