March/April 2007 > Features > Mind-set Research. According to a Stanford psychologist, you’ll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble.
One day last November, psychology professor Carol Dweck welcomed a pair of visitors from the Blackburn Rovers, a soccer team in the United Kingdom’s Premier League. The Rovers’ training academy is ranked in England’s top three, yet performance director Tony Faulkner had long suspected that many promising players weren’t reaching their potential. Ignoring the team’s century-old motto—arte et labore, or “skill and hard work”—the most talented individuals disdained serious training. The Efficacy Institute, Inc. - Dedicated to the Mission of Proficiency for All Students. From Now On: The Newsletter of The Efficacy Institute. An idea for the day: Accepting responsibility for the outcomes of the children in one's classroom, whatever their backgrounds and whatever baggage they bring with them, is the absolute requirement for learning how to effectively teach kids living in difficult circumstances.
This ethic of responsibility is clear when we talk with our most effective teachers. Where does it come from? And why is it not evident in all? From Defeat, Rejection to Success. The Many Errors in Thinking About Mistakes. Creative Think: Embrace Failure.