The Myths/Folklore Blog

The best way, like the Try  Feedforward Instead of Feedback  article mentioned to give feedback to others is to do it in a constructive, positive light. If you're focusing on past mistakes, that might not always be the best method to prevent future mistakes - instead, engaging in a dialogue over mistakes you've made with the person you're trying to correct. "Changing the future" is the point of feedback, trying to change their mistakes in order to make them a better writer along with a more well-rounded person. Like the article mentions, showing how someone can be right instead of showing them how they were wrong frames their mistakes in a positive light, making it more likely that they would heed your advice over what you have been telling them about. The other article that I read, Be a Mirror , I loved the last piece of advice that was given over how to correctly foster a growth mindset within their mistakes - it described that we need to avoid using "I...

The first article that I read was, " Why It's So Hard to Hear Negative Feedback " by Tim Herrera. All of the points he made about why we go out of our way to avoid people who give negative critiques about our work - it seems personal in the way that we tell it nowadays, like we're almost attacking the intelligence/ability of whoever is being critiqued. It's natural for a person to defend themselves/their work, and I agree that if we want to change this mindset, we need to learn how to give feedback in a positively framed manner. For me to place feedback in a manner that is self-reflective, realizing that whoever is giving that info is doing it for a good reason, not just to insult. Overall, I've never had a huge problem when it comes to negative feedback relating to academics - there's always new to learn, and I love hearing different opinions/viewpoints over what I previously thought I was doing well in. The next article that I read was over the speech ...