1. Developing a Growth Mindset @ St Michael’s Catholic High School
“I’ve not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work” (Thomas Edison)
MYTHS about Ability, Success, Praise & Confidence
Students with high ability are more likely to love learning
Success in school makes children love learning
Praise, especially intelligence-praise, leads to a love of learning
Confidence in one’s intelligence is the key to a love of learning
Fixed Mindsets can bring about long-term consequences e.g.
Over-generalising from one experience
Exaggerating failures relative to successes
Categorising yourself in unflattering ways
Setting self-worth contingencies
Losing faith in your ability to perform tasks
Underestimating the efficacy of effort
Develop ‘stuckness routines’
Reward actions not traits
Redefine ‘genius’
Place effort before talent
Criticism can be positive
Cultivate ‘grit’
Acknowledge imperfections
View a challenge as an opportunity
Stop seeking approval from others
Try different tactics
Ask for feedback
Use the word ‘YET’
Learn from other peoples mistakes
GROWTH MINDSET
The one who falls and gets up is so much stronger than the one who never fell