Becoming a growth mindset school The idea of becoming a growth mindset school has been over a year in the making. Our Headteacher bought each member of SLT a copy of Mindset for Christmas, and it was the main agenda item at our annual senior team conference. Today I launched the idea of becoming a growth mindset school to all staff at our INSET day. This is the basis of the presentation I did. Our INSET session was for all staff – teaching, support, administrative, catering, site, network, technicians – everyone! What is Growth Mindset? Professor Carol Dweck and “Mindset” Growth Mindset is the idea Professor Carol Dweck, the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck’s approach to mindset was sparked by her own experience of education. Even as a child, I was focused on being smart, but the fixed mindset was really stamped in by Mrs. The Science behind Growth Mindset I have previously blogged about my tentative first steps into neuroscience. Why are we interested in Growth Mindset
9th Grade Students Gain the Attention of Scientists After Their Experiment Reveals a Dark Truth About WiFi We have long encouraged students to find ways to connect with their school work, making it interesting and personal, holding their attention longer and allowing them to see more success. This was the case at a school in northern Jutland, where a group of 9th-grade students recently embarked on a biology experiment inspired by their own personal experiences with concentrating. Lea Nielsen, one of the students, explained: “We all think we have experienced difficulty concentrating in school, if we had slept with the phone next to our head, and sometimes also experienced having difficulty sleeping.” Curious about the shared experience, the group of girls designed an experiment to investigate the impact of wi-fi radiation on living cells. Specifically, they chose to use cress seeds. The one difference between the two rooms, creating the basis for their experiment, is that the trays in one room were placed next to two Wi-Fi routers. The results? What’s next for the girls? Image via Shared
The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' - The Atlantic “I’m just not a math person.” We hear it all the time. And we’ve had enough. Because we believe that the idea of “math people” is the most self-destructive idea in America today. The truth is, you probably are a math person, and by thinking otherwise, you are possibly hamstringing your own career. Is math ability genetic? How do we know this? Different kids with different levels of preparation come into a math class. Thus, people’s belief that math ability can’t change becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The idea that math ability is mostly genetic is one dark facet of a larger fallacy that intelligence is mostly genetic. A body of research on conceptions of ability has shown two orientations toward ability. The “entity orientation” that says “You are smart or not, end of story,” leads to bad outcomes—a result that has been confirmed by many other studies. You have a certain amount of intelligence, and you really can’t do much to change it. The results? So why do we focus on math? 1.
6 ways to teach growth mindset from day one of school Imagine if your new class this fall was full of students who would: Be willing to try new thingsStick with hard tasks and not give upPush themselves to do their best work, not just what’s “good enough”Believe in themselves and their own ability to learn Here’s the great news–these are traits that we can help develop in our students by teaching them about how their brains work. Many students enter our classrooms believing they’re either smart or not smart, good at reading or math, or not good in those areas. This belief that our basic qualities like intelligence and talents can’t be changed is called a fixed mindset. Our students may not realize that their brains have the ability to change and grow through their experiences (neuroplasticity). And once they have a growth mindset, they can learn anything. Because a growth mindset is a critical element of success in school, I recommend teaching about it from the very first day. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Want more structured support?
Expérience de Stanford L’expérience de Stanford (parfois surnommée effet Lucifer) est une étude de psychologie sociale menée par Philip Zimbardo en 1971 sur les effets de la situation carcérale, ayant eu un très grand écho social et médiatique. Elle fut réalisée avec des étudiants qui jouaient des rôles de gardiens et de prisonniers. Elle visait à étudier le comportement de personnes ordinaires dans un tel contexte et eut pour effet de montrer que c'était la situation plutôt que la personnalité autoritaire des participants qui était à l'origine de comportements parfois à l'opposé des valeurs professées par les participants avant le début de l'étude. Les 18 sujets avaient été sélectionnés pour leur stabilité et leur maturité, et leurs rôles respectifs de gardiens ou de prisonniers leur avaient été assignés de manière ostensiblement aléatoire. Les problèmes éthiques soulevés par cette expérience la rapprochent de l'expérience de Milgram, menée en 1963 à l'Université Yale par Stanley Milgram.
Developing a growth mindset in the classroom | M J Bromley's Blog This article first appeared in Sec Ed magazine in April 2014. To read the original, click here. To read more of my monthly columns for Sec Ed, click here. To read more articles about the growth mindset, click here. Visit my blog | Browse my books | Follow me on Twitter | Like me on Facebook | Connect with me on LinkedIn | Download more posters | There’s a free info graphic version of this article. As a kid I wanted to become a cliché when I grew up so I bought a guitar and grew my hair. What all these childhood endeavours had in common – apart from their mutual failure – was that I took it for granted that I’d have to work hard at them, I knew I’d have to practise endlessly and that I wouldn’t become expert overnight. I played that old six-string every night after school till my fingers bled, readily accepting that improvement would be incremental. Most of us feel this way about our interests. Sir Ken Robinson argues that every child starts out willing to take a chance. Like this: Related
24 Ways To Put Your Strengths To Work January 21, 2016 by VIA Contributor · You’re busy. I get it. Recently, more than 2000 people in 65 countries joined the free Strengths Challenge and discovered that developing their strengths – those things they were good at and enjoyed doing – with an 11 minute daily habit, was enough to help many of them feel more engaged, energized and able to flourish at work. How could this possibly work? By leveraging their brain’s neurological habit loop of cue, routine and reward, they were able to find “busy-proof” ways to start putting their strengths to work. Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence Keeping an inspiration file – When I turn on my computer each morning (cue), I’ll spend 10 minutes researching ideas that inspire me about my field and file these in my “excellence” folder for future reference (routine). Bravery Creativity Curiosity Thinking in questions – When I prepare my to-do list for the day (cue), I will note three questions to ask others about the work we’re doing (routine). Fairness
Egna lärarreflektioner kring statiskt och dynamiskt tankesätt efter läsningen av Dwecks Mindset Efter att jag läste ut Nottinghams bok Utmanande undervisning i klassrummet för #pedaläslyft var jag lite intresserad av att läsa vidare i Dwecks bok Mindset (Natur & Kultur 2015) som han bl a refererar till i Utmanande undervisning. Jag har också sett boken delas i sociala medier så med en dag till förfogande började jag läsa för att ta reda på vad som gör boken så populär. Dweck börjar med att förklara varför hon var intresserad av att ta reda på varför vissa människor klarar av misslyckas och vad som får den att fortsätta. Statiskt och dynamiskt mindset – vad är skillnaden? Dweck forskade i nästan 20 år om detta och hon fann att olika Mindset styr oss i vårt tänkande. Motsatsen till detta är ett dynamiskt mindset. I boken ger oss Dweck sedan många exempel på hur detta yttrar sig och jag tyckte det blev lite tråkig läsning då jag snabbt förstod vad det innebär. Beröm som blir fel Dweck visar på vad beröm gör med oss och hur fel det kan bli fast avsikten är god. Är det svart eller vitt?
5 Creative Tools Used Every Day By Google, IDEO, and Other Top Innovation Firms In business today, creativity is required of people more than ever to stay competitive and profitable in a world that's becoming more complicated by the day. From pivoting into new products, to developing new ways to grab people's attention, more creativity is needed than ever before as it gets harder to stand out. Luckily there are firms around the world who make creativity their business, from design firms to marketing agencies. Here's 5 creativity tools from some of the top firms in the world, to stay above the fray and keep those creative juices flowing. 1. The biggest problem with creativity can sometimes be having a process to channel that creativity into an end product, and not having a method to design those solutions can result in a lot of time wasted and frustration created working through that process. 2. At IDEO, the services are only as valuable as they are useful and creative. 3. 4. 5.
jlsu Som en uppföljning till mitt förra blogginlägg om dynamiskt och statiskt tankesätt kommer här den s k isbergsillusionen. Isbergsillusionen visar exempel på vad som krävs för att bli framgångsrik, men som oftast inte syns på ytan. När man ser någon som är riktigt duktig (t ex en idrottsutövare, en musiker, en jonglerare etc) ser det väldigt enkelt ut. Därför är det lätt att tro att det handlar om ”medfödd talang”. Det man dock inte ser är all den träning, den uppoffring och det hårda arbete som ligger bakom. Oftast är det de som tränar mest (och bäst) som når längst. Den som vill ha isbergsillusionen som pdf kan ladda ner den här: Isbergsillusionen
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jlsu En av böckerna som jag tipsade om i mitt blogginlägg boktips 2015 handlar om hur vi ser på hjärnan och vår förmåga att utvecklas. Boken jag tänker på är Carol S. Dwecks ”Mindset – du blir vad du tänker”. Hon skriver om ”fixed mindset” och ”growth mindset” som är två olika förhållningssätt till hjärnan och möjligheterna att utvecklas och lära sig. En svensk översättning av begreppen kan vara statiskt och dynamiskt tankesätt. Då hjärnan stimuleras och förändras beroende av vad vi utsätter hjärnan för är vårt förhållningssätt viktigt, särskilt för alla som jobbar i skolan. Jag har gjort några infographics som kan vara användbara i klassrummet. Lycka till med det dynamiska tankesättet och läs gärna Carol S.
Measuring Resilience: A Review of 3 Scales - Home » Resilience & Coping » How To Measure Resilience: 8 Resilience Scales For Youth & Adults (+ PDF) “Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” – Gever Tulley When we experience disaster, trauma, or distressing psychological issues, we usually react with grief and a range of negative emotions. This is, of course, a natural reaction to having our hopes dashed or our goals thwarted. These are the exact sort of experiences that build resilience. The U.S. In order to grasp and effectively develop resilience, it is critical to understand the factors contributing to resilience. More Resilience Tools? Become a Science-Based Practitioner! The Positive Psychology toolkit is a science-based, online platform containing 200+ exercises, activities, interventions, questionnaires, assessments and scales. Components of Resilience 8 Resilience Scales 1) Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) 2) Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) Teamwork 1.