Growth MindsetTuesday 3rd February 2015

A sense of self worth

Lifelong Learner

Social Being

Responsibility

ResilienceReflectiveness

Respect

Buckstone Values

Resourcefulness

‘Fired from a newspaperfor ‘lacking imagination’ and ‘having no originalideas.’

Was demoted from her job as a news anchorbecause she ‘wasn’t fitfor television.’

He wasn’t able to speak until he was 4 years old and his teachers said he would never amount to much.

Arrange these famous people in order of intelligence….

Albert EinsteinJ K RowlingDavid CameronDavid BeckhamOprah Winfrey

John Hattie High Impact Learning• Assessment literate students

• Classroom Discussion

• Teacher Student Relationship

• Feedback

• Meta-cognitive Strategies

The Growth Mindset:

“…………..talents and abilities can be developed through passion, education and persistence. For people with a growth mindset it’s about commitment to learning-taking informed risks and learning from the results, surrounding yourself with people who will challenge you to grow, looking frankly at your deficiencies and seeking to remedy them.”

Carol Dweck

Leads to a desire to look smart……Leads to a desire to learn….

Intelligence is staticIntelligence can be developed

..avoids challenges

……give up easily

……embrace challenges

……persists in the face of setbacks

Ignores negative feedback Learns from feedback

Feels threatened by the success of othersFind inspiration in the success of others

FIXED Vs GROWTH MINDSET

WHAT DO FIXED MINDSET AND GROWTH MINDSET TALK SOUND LIKE

I LOVE CHALLENGES

MISTAKES ARE OUR FRIENDS

I CAN’T DO THIS HOMEWORK

IT’S HARD FOR ME TO LOSE WEIGHT.

I’M NOT GOOD WITH NUMBERS.

I’M NOT A GOOD ATHLETE.

I’M NOT CREATIVE.

I MAKE A MISTAKE AND CAN’T FIX IT

I LIKE TO TRY NEW THINGS

THIS MATHS IS TOO HARD

ACTIVITY

LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES OF MINDSET TALK AND HOLD UP YOUR LEFT HAND FOR FIXED MINDSET AND YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR GROWTH MINDSET

How does your brain

work?

Integrating meta-cognition

Learning Muscles

Don’t give up

Concentrate

Be co-operative

Be curious

Have a go

Use your imagination

Keep improving

Enjoy learning

Focus Areas

Growth MindsetLearning PartnersMixed Ability Learning

Establishing a Growth Mindset

Helping children develop growth mindset through praising effort, setting learning goals and creating a safe environment.

P4/5 Experience

Share some of the experiences –introducing the growth mindset?

P4/5 Experience

Groups provided with statements

Introduction – Do Pupils recognise a fixed and growth mindset?

P4/5 ExperienceAsked to discuss and see if could sort

P4/5 ExperienceShared their discoveries with others

Adjust based on feedback

P4/5 Experience

RecognisePositive – I Can DoNegative – I Can’t DoSome in between

What happened

NO INPUT from Teacher

P4/5 Experience

Negative – Fixed Mindset

What type of learner are you?

Often in between It depends;

Positive - Growth Mindset

P4/5 Experience

The Pickled Mindset

Where do you want to be?

P4/5 Experience

Created posters to show understandingComplete with spelling mistakes= opportunities to improve

P4/5 Experience

Recognise many advantages - including

How can we get there ?

Have a learning partner

P4/5 ExperienceRecognise many advantages - including

P4/5 ExperienceRecognise many advantages - including

P4/5 Experience

Develop co-operation / negotiation skills

New Learning Partner each week

Some weeks easier than others

P4/5 Experience

Created some plays - we would like to share

Demonstrate Understanding

How Learning partners can help improve our mindset

A few edited

highlights

P4/5 Experience

Look for some key ideas they have identified

Lewis’s ? - “What have you learnt?”

LIVE performance- I Can’t Do IT

P4/5 Experience

Believe in yourself and othersLearn with a partnerBe proud of your achievementsHave FUN!

Key points

P4/5 Experience

Come along tomorrowDo they put this into practice?

P4/5H partnered with P5F

Plays just seen

Powerfully demonstrated recently

Working on this presentation

P4/5 Experience

Tool to help empower pupils learningTo energise them and make them curious to learnThey also teach meHave Fun!

My personal experience

Learning Partners

Pupils talk more than teachersCo-operatively discussingAnswering questionsLearning from each other

Mixed Ability Learning

Inclusive Values every inputPupil ownership Increase pupil self-belief

A Growth Mindset needs:

No comparative rewardsPraise focused on achievement & effortMixed ability so we learn from each

otherTeachers who like meTo know I can grow my brain

How can children establish their own growth mindsetLEARN, LEARN, LEARN –it is more important to learn than to get good grades, focus on learning and improving.

REALISE HARD WORK IS THE KEY – putting a lot of effort into learning and working hard is key, seek challenges, focus on strategies, effort, struggle and persistence despite setbacks.

SET FEEDBACK– capitalise on mistakes, confront deficiencies, reflect on different strategies that work and do not work, focus on learning and improving.

MIXED MESSAGES

Messages About Success

• “You learned that so quickly! You’re so smart!”“Look at that drawing. Martha, is he the next Picasso or what?”“You’re so brilliant, you got an A without even studying!”

If you’re like most parents, you hear these as supportive, esteem-boosting messages.

Another message……………the ones that children hear:

• “If I don’t learn something quickly, I’m not smart.”“I shouldn’t try drawing anything hard or they’ll see I’m no Picasso.”“I’d better quit studying or they won’t think I’m brilliant.”

HOW CAN PARENTS HELP CHILDREN ESTABLISH A GROWTH MINDSET

PRAISE EFFORT

HELP SET LEARNING GOALS

PROVIDE A SAFE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN