1. Mindset in Education Resilience
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2. Resilience
Resilience is the capacity to face, overcome and ultimately be strengthened by adversities and challenges
“Resilience is learnable and teachable and as we learn we increase the range of strategies available to us when things get difficult”
Jackie Gerstein, Ed. D.

3. Resilience Key factors of resilience include Bouncing back
Managing Emotions
See failure as a form of helpful feedback
Taking 100% personal responsibility
Resourcefulness
Problem solving skills

4. Resilience and growth mindset
Teachers focusing on developing a growth mindset can improve resilience by
nourishing the belief that ability can be developed
reframing challenges and setbacks
normalising mistakes and failure as learning opportunities
encouraging and rewarding persistence and effort
identifying alternative ways of achieving success

5. Resilience and growth mindset strategies
Strategies include:
The Learning Pit
Sharing a consistently clear message that mistakes are welcome
Create an ‘unstuck’ list
Value the process of learning rather than focusing on results
Share stories of successful people who have failed yet succeeded
Create a safe environment for learners to reflect and develop their critical thinking