Necessary Frustrations..? there were a few..

I've been asked a few times; where did I do my PGCertHE and how did I find it? I did it at Kingston University and found it bloody useful thanks! Possibly not for the most obvious reasons though.

The phrase used by my Course Leader, summed up the experience quite well.... 'the course was designed with necessary frustrations' which he explained were there to encourage us to learn...

...Ok I like your theory... or is it a cop out?

...so I googled it and found more than a few (...scholarly of course) articles which appeared to support his theory. I chose this one which is probably the least scholarly one but the easiest to understand ;)

"The frustration is a sign of progress.

Frustration is a signal that your mind is processing complexity and requires more practice. Trusting this will all happen, you will allow the natural learning process to move forward, and everything else will fall into place.

So when you’re frustrated while learning, you don’t really know what you need to do. And that’s a signal on the way to a breakthrough. That moment you’re about to give up is where the magic happens. On the next day, all of the perfect solutions came to you. So, you only need to rest and chill a bit. Not quit."(Jait Ramadandi Jeke

Posted on Sep 16, 2023)

Ok I'll give you that one, Dejan... it appears to have done the trick!

references:

https://dev.to/jaitramadandij/why-do-we-get-frustrated-when-learning-something-2h43#:~:text=The%20frustration%20is%20a%20sign%20of%20progress.&text=Trusting%20this%20will%20all%20happen,the%20way%20to%20a%20breakthrough.

...and if you want to go down a black hole here is some further reading on the subject:

More confusion and frustration, better learning: The impact of erroneous examples, J. Elizabeth Richey a, Juan Miguel L. Andres-Bray b, Michael Mogessie a, Richard Scruggs b, Juliana M.A.L. Andres b, Jon R. Star c, Ryan S. Baker b, Bruce M. McLaren https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131519301277