We are excited to announce the worldwide release of Prof. Kapur's new book: Productive Failure.
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Why can failure be one of the most powerful tools for learning, and what can other countries learn from Singapore’s education system? In an interview with Badische Zeitung, Prof. Manu Kapur challenges conventional approaches to teaching, explains…
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The conference was an invitation-only gathering rethinking the future of learning at the intersection of AI, education, and planetary health.
Title of keynote: AI fluency for all: Empowering learners, educators, and systems.
Find out more…
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Prof. Kapur was a keynote speaker at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore EdeX Symposium 2025, where he shared his research on Productive Failure, together with workshops and panels.
Watch the full talk on "Productive Failure for…
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Prof. Prof. Kapur shares insights on learning through failure on ARTE. If failure is such a powerful teacher, why wait for it to happen? What if we could design for it deliberately, intentionally?
Watch the full episode #42: The answer…
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Prof. Kapur was talking about Productive Failure with Dan Harris on the "10% Happier" podcast. Additionally, they had a chat about some healthy ways to use AI.
The episode is titled "Success Through Failure" and can be found on YouTube.
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Prof. Kapur and Prof. P. Dillenbourg talked about «Steering LLMs, Productive Failure, and collaborative learning» at the Global Learning Conference 2025 at Villars Institute.
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What a big privilege it was to hold a keynote on Productive Failure at the TCEF 2025, a biennial signature event organised by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, from 3 to 5 June 2025. The conference is aimed at supporting teachers’ professional…
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Prof. Kapur enjoyed an insightful conversation on his groundbreaking book Productive Failure in one of the «In conversation with Shiv» series with Shiv Puri.
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Prof. Kapur is talking about Productive Failure at the SXSW EDU 2025, Austin TX, alongside an amazing set of speakers Emily Calandrelli, Nadim Matta and Kara Bobroff. Join us!
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Productive Failure Book Release | October 1, 2024
Manu Kapur on Productive Failure and Lessons from Singapore’s Education System
Prof. Kapur participated in the Global Learning Conference 2026 in Africa!
Keynote at EdeX Symposium 2025 | September 22 & 23, 2025
Prof. Kapur on ARTE | September 14, 2025
Chat on the «10% Happier with Dan Harris” Podcast
Tandem talk of Prof. Kapur and Prof. P. Dillenbourg (EPFL) at the Global Learning Conference 2025
Keynote at Teachers’ Conference and ExCEL Fest 2025 (TCEF2025) | June 3-5, 2025
Prof. Kapur talked about his book with Shiv Puri | May 28, 2025
Prof. Kapur is a Speaker at the SXSW EDU 2025 | March 3, 2025