Chapter 7: Where Do Mindsets Come From?
Summary: Children and students are remarkably sensitive to the messages sent from their parents, teachers, and coaches. The way things are worded is extremely important in teaching a growth mindset because praising one's intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance. The most important aspect of a growth mindset is the process. We praise the process of learning, not the ability or even the speed. Lowering our standards is not the answer, we need to teach the tools to help students succeed.
Key Concepts: Messages about Failure. (Tell her she didn’t deserve to win). Sympathize with disappointment, but don’t give a phony boost that only leads to further disappointment. Don’t judge. Teach. It’s a learning process. Challenge you at the same time as feeling nurtured. Tie accomplishments to the process. Mistake: praising the ability instead of praising the learning process. Treat failure as an opportunity for learning.
Connections: We teach a growth mindset. You don’t just “have it”. We can use teaching as a place to grow our learning. What I can do is find what I love to learn about and I can grow as a teacher so that I can help my students.
Chapter 8: Changing Mindsets
Summary: This chapter discusses different scenarios and how a fixed mindset would react and how a growth mindset would react.
Key Concepts:All students can learn, even those who struggle. It is tricky to replace a mindset that tells you to embrace all of the things that have felt threatening such as struggles, challenges, and criticism. Make concrete plans to get things done. Followthrough helps with the chances of success. We need to maintain the growth mindset (the change) to keep growing. We can’t stop the strategies when things are improving. Growth mindset is vulnerable, fixed mindset is protective.
Connections: The first step to growth is embracing your growth and fixed mindsets. Find the triggers and find strategies to cope with them. This semester I will pick one attribute I can change and change it with a growth mindset. For me, I would like to change my fixed mindset on “I’m behind because I haven’t been singing as long as everyone else” to, “since I haven’t been singing as long as everyone else, I need to work harder, practice smarter, and be willing to fail so that I can find success”.
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