GROWTH MINDSET TRAINER: SHARON AMESU Sharon Amesu Trainer

Positive Plenary Programme Growth Mindset An Aid to Learning

Mindset: An Aid to Learning Aims and Objectives -Explore the origins of Growth Mindset theory and its relevance to our children’s learning at school and at home. -Define the Fixed and Growth Mindset Theories. -Explore the scientific basis of Growth Mindset Theory. -Explore why having a Growth Mindset will help our children become better learners. -Explore some ways of developing a Growth Mindset with our children.

Mindset: An Aid to Learning “The hallmark of successful individuals is that they love learning, they seek challenges, they value effort and they persist in the face of obstacles.” Carol Dweck

MINDSET: AN AID TO LEARNING How does a Growth Mindset Help Your Child? -Helps pupils to embrace challenge. -Encourages intrinsic motivation. -Develops Collaborative Skills. -Promotes steady progress and high scholastic achievement and outcomes. -Builds skills for high level of achievement beyond school life.

Mindset: An Aid to Learning Mindset: A Working Definition ‘The established set of attitudes held by someone.’ Oxford English Dictionary ‘A Mindset is simply a belief- a belief about yourself and your most fundamental qualities like ability.. personality… and talents etc….’ Barry Hymer and Mike Gershon Professor Psychology in Education at Cumbria University and teacher and Author is

Mindset: An Aid to Learning Fixed Mindset “Believing that your qualities are carved in stone.” A belief that fundamental qualities such as intelligence don’t really change much over time.

Mindset: an aid to learning Growth Mindset “Basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your effort….everyone can grow and change through application and experience.”

MINDSET:AN AID TO LEARNING “What on earth would make someone a non-learner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily. Not just ordinary skills, but the most difficult tasks of a lifetime, like learning to walk and talk. They never decide it’s too hard or not worth the effort. Babies don’t worry about making mistakes or humiliating themselves. They walk, they fall, they get up. They just barge forward. What could put an end to this exuberant learning? The fixed mindset (!) As soon as children become able to evaluate themselves, some of them become afraid of challenges. They become afraid of not being smart. Carol Dweck

Mindest: An Aid to Learning Mindset Fixed Growth Event Exam Failure Belief I am a failure because my IQ is not high enough. I cannot change my IQ I failed this exam because I didn’t try hard enough. I will try harder next time. Emotion Fear, Anger Disappointment, Determination Behaviour Give up, make excuses Get a tutor, study harder.

Mindset: an aid to learning

Mindset: An Aid to Learning Study 1 Mindsets Predict Motivation and Achievement Hundreds of students making the transition to 7th grade. They found that students with a growth mindset were more motivated to learn and exert effort, and outperformed those with a fixed mindset in maths—a gap that continued to increase over the two-year period. (Blackwell, L.S., Trzesniewski, K.H., & Dweck, C.S. (2007)

Mindset: An aid to learning Study 2 Control Group Study Group How the brain grows Smarter with learning Stages of Memory Students divided into two groups for a workshop on the brain and study skills. Half of them, the control group, were taught about the stages of memory; the other half received training in the growth mindset (how the brain grows with learning to make you smarter) and how to apply this idea to their schoolwork. Three times as many students in the growth mindset group showed an increase in effort and engagement compared with the control group. (Blackwell, L., Trzesniewski, K., & Dweck, C.S. (2007). 3 x’s as many students of the Growth Mindset group showed increased Effort and Engagement.

How do we help our children to develop a growth mindset? MINDSET: AN AID TO LEARNING How do we help our children to develop a growth mindset?

Mindset: An Aid to Learning What should we praise? -Engagement -Perseverance -Strategies -Improvement -Taking on Challenges -Concentration

Mindset: An Aid to Learning Have daily learning discussions using the language of learning: “What did you learn to day ( requires deeper thinking than “How was your day?”) “What mistake did you make that taught you something? “What did you try hard at today?”

Mindset: an aid to learning Examples: “I like the way you didn’t give up on that tricky maths problem. You tried different ways of solving until you got it.” “You really studied for this spelling test and improved a lot.” “It’s great that you chose a challenging project. You will learn a lot from it.”

MINDSET: AN AID TO LEARNING Provide Constructive Feedback: Feedback plays a major role in developing a Growth Mindset. Sheet

Mindset: An aid to learning Help them to understand that their brains can grow. Brainology Youtube Videos (How learning changes the brain) Your Fantastic Elastic Brain- JoAnn Deak Ph. D The Most Magnificent Thing- Ashley Spires

Mindset: an aid to learning Encourage Risk and Challenge and Debunk Failure Myths (not recklessness) Encourage “Wobbling.” James Nottingham Share your own experiences.

MINDSET: An aid to learning. Role Modelling: “Children learn more from what you are than from what you teach.” W. E Dubois Encourage and Model Positive Self Talk

Mindset: an aid to learning “If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.” Dweck

Mindset: An Aid to Learning Recommended Reading: Mindset: Carol Dweck Bounce: Matthew Syed Emotional Intelligence: Daniel Goleman Growth Mindset Pocketbook: Barry Hymer and Mike Gershon Mindsets in the Classroom: Mary Kay Ricci Website Blog:https://chrishildrew.wordpress.com The Optimistic Child: Martin Seligman Your Fantastic Elastic Brain- JoAnn Deak Ph. D The Most Magnificent Thing- Ashley Spires Encouraging Learning: James Nottingham.