Productive Failure, Manu Kapur
Productive Failure, Manu Kapur
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Productive Failure
Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing

Author: Manu Kapur

Narrator: Tim Fannon

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/15/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Productive Failure shows you how to design the experience of failing. Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students develop creativity and learn more deeply. When carefully curated, failure can become a signal for learning, not the noise detracting from it. Learners gain a lifelong readiness to push themselves outside of their comfort zones, using setbacks as launchpads.

The principles in this book are powerful for anyone taking charge of and designing their own lifelong learning. This book unpacks the science of Productive Failure and describes design principles that let you harness Productive Failure for your own benefit.

● Learn and understand the science of failure

● Apply the research-based Productive Failure framework in classrooms, teams, groups, and organizational settings

● Learn techniques to deepen learning experiences

● Reach new levels of critical thinking, innovation, and success by making failure the norm and learning how to cope with it

This fascinating and actionable book is a must for educators, parents, managers, leaders, and anyone who needs to help others (or themselves) learn how to learn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jmac on October 07, 2025

Most books treat failure as a post-mortem. Manu Kapur treats it as design. Productive Failure makes a simple but radical move: if failure is so powerful for learning, don’t wait for it — engineer it. Kapur shows why cognition (thinking) and affect (feeling) are coupled in every real learning moment.......more