Learned Helplessness, Why Students Give Upon School
When effort fails to change outcomes, students withdraw from participation to protect themselves, as the structure of grades offers more reward for compliance than learning.
We are, by nature, agents of our own lives. The feeling of being in control, of our thoughts translating into actions that shape our world, is fundamental to our sense of self.
A loss of agency-feeling that someone lacks control over their environment or that they lack the ability to make decisions and act independently- hinders performance and hurts the overall workplace culture.