Teacher Resources
In addition to all of the sources listed in the bibliography, the following are additional resources that may be used:
Meyers, Morton A., Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs (Arcade Publishing, 2007)
This is a fascinating book subtitled, “When Scientists Find What They are Not Looking For” and basically deals with medical discoveries that occurred by accident.
Schoemaker, Paul J. H., Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure (Wharton School Press, 2011)
This book is very similar to the above book, but it focuses more on business innovations.
Spencer, John, and Juliani, A.J. Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning
Spencer, John, and Juliani, A.J. Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student
Spencer, John, and Juliani, A.J. Vintage Innovation: Leveraging Retro Tools and Classic Ideas to Design Deeper Learning Experiences
I did not read these three books, but they seem to tie in perfectly with this unit. I would recommend them as additional resources. I used Juliani’s list of Design Thinking activities.
https://twentyonetoys.com/blogs/learning-from-failure/fail-first-attempt-in-learning-why-failure-key-innovation
This is the website that introduces the Empathy Game and the Failure Games and how they can be used to teach students to show more empathy and to learn from failure. This site also includes a link to where they games can be purchased.
https://blog.hypeinnovation.com/why-failure-is-an-essential-component-of-a-strong-innovation-strategy
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/baba-shiv-why-failure-drives-innovation
These are two more articles about how failure drives innovation that I pulled quotes from but did not end up using because they were very similar to others I chose.
https://uxplanet.org/principles-of-design-thinking-stages-of-design-thinking-b2cc219063ac
This is an article about the principles of design thinking.
Yeager, D. S., & Dweck, C. S. (2012). Mindsets that promote resilience: when students believe that personal characteristics can be developed. Educational Psychologist, 47(4), 302-314.
This is another article about the impact of mindset shifts in helping students to become resilient.
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