teachable moment

English

Noun

teachable moment (plural teachable moments)

1. (education) The time at which learning a topic becomes easiest.
2. (figurative, transferred sense) A difficult situation from which one can draw conclusions about unsuccessful techniques, approaches, etc. taken, and handle similar situations differently in the future.

Translations

a difficult situation from which one can draw conclusions and handle similar situations differently in the future

Further reading

• “teachable moment”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.