Discuss the power of Mindsets and Beliefs.

Mindsets and Beliefs [WLOs: 1, 2] [CLO: 2]
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, review the following resources
Chapter 3: The Art of Student Success in your How Does “Educator” Look on Me? textbook.
Growth MindsetLinks to an external site. webpage.
Carol Dweck Revisits the ‘Growth Mindset’Links to an external site. webpage.
Fixed Mindset vs. Growth MindsetLinks to an external site. video.
Dalton Sherman: Extra Yard for Teachers Summit 2015Links to an external site. video.
10 Year Old Intellect, Dalton Sherman’s Keynote SpeechLinks to an external site. video.
Teacher Practices: How Praise and Feedback Impact Student OutcomesLinks to an external site. webpage.
Review the background information for this week’s discussion topic in the following Discussion Forum Guidance section. Follow the directions in the Task sub-section of the Discussion Forum Guidance section.
Discussion Forum Guidance
This week, you will be introduced to Carol Dweck’s concept of growth mindset. You will also explore how you plan on showing your future students that you believe in them. The purpose of this week is to get you to start talking about how you plan on situating your thoughts so that you can serve your students and help them grow by cultivating a growth mindset yourself. The most important thing to keep in mind is that there are no right or wrong responses.
Growth Versus Fixed Mindset
Review the Fixed Mindset Vs. Growth MindsetLinks to an external site. video.
Now that you are curious about the growth mindset, review Annely Clarke’s webpage on Growth MindsetLinks to an external site., which compares fixed and growth mindsets. It is interesting because it provides strategies to help develop a growth mindset. Growth mindset is a groundbreaking idea; it explains
why brains and talent do not bring success;
how they can stand in the way of success;
why praising brains and talent does not foster self-esteem and accomplishment but jeopardizes them;
how teaching a simple idea about the brain raises grades and productivity; and
what all great CEOs, parents, teachers, and athletes know.
Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success. It is a simple idea that makes all the difference. In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success without effort.
In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for any great accomplishment. Virtually all the individuals throughout history who have impacted the world on any level (e.g., Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln, etc.) have operated with a growth mindset.
In the webpage Carol Dweck Revisits the ‘Growth Mindset’Links to an external site. Carol Dweck explores not just students but also educators’ mindsets. Her premise is that it is just as important for educators to have a growth mindset as it is for their students to have one. We cannot promote a growth mindset in our students if we operate from a fixed position.
Take some time to explore Mindset Works’ Teacher Practices: How Praise and Feedback Impact Student OutcomesLinks to an external site. to learn more about things you can do to promote a growth mindset.
Do You Believe?
Review Dalton Sherman’s famous and inspiring keynote speech, 10 Year Old Intellect, Dalton Sherman’s Keynote SpeechLinks to an external site.. At the time of this speech in 2008, Dalton was a young boy entering into the fifth (5th) grade. This 10-year-old stood up in front of 17,000 educators from the Dallas, Texas, area and challenged them to believe in him and his classmates. Seven years later, and now a young man, Dalton again addressed educators at the Extra Yard for Teachers summit in 2015 with his “Don’t Lose Your Joy” speech in Dalton Sherman: Extra Yard for Teachers Summit 2015Links to an external site..
Consider what you know about the influence of mindset on both students and educators, and think about how you will show your students that you believe in them as you create the culture and climate in your own classroom.