"Inspiring Mistakes" – Learning from Failure Workshop (Hybrid)

Instructor: Irmak Başoğlu

Date: August 2, 2025

Time: 16:00-18:00

Purpose of Education:

This workshop aims to help young people realise their individual perspectives on failure, question common myths and develop their ability to learn from mistakes; it progresses through games, tests, group discussions and creative drama methods.

While getting to know their own coping styles, they confront the common misconceptions about failure and, by experiencing the human side of making mistakes, they learn to evaluate failure as a natural and instructive part of personal development.

In this process, the ability to be more understanding of oneself, to keep trying, and to have a constructive relationship with failure is supported.

Content of the Training:

• Warm-up Game
• Failure Coping Style and Group Discussion
• Case Study on How We Look at Errors
• Mini Quiz: “Myths of Failure”
• Common Beliefs About Failure
• Reverse Theatre: “The Stage of Errors”
• Closing - Feedback

Achievements:

• Recognizes his/her own style of coping with failure.
• He/she recognizes and questions his/her beliefs about mistakes.
• Improves the ability to learn from failures.
• Learns to cope with challenging emotions.
• He/she becomes more compassionate towards himself/herself.
• Expresses himself/herself creatively and experientially within the group.