Comments on: Carol Dweck on ‘growth mindsets’ and motivation.

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:43 +0000

Thanks for letting me know, Ed.

By: ebriceno

ebriceno — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:59:19 +0000

Hi Doug. Thanks for compiling this video, very nice.

fyi, you may be interested to know that today is the public launch of Carol Dweck's new online program for middle school and high school pupils, to help them cultivate a growth mindset through learning about the malleability of the brain. The website also includes growth mindset videos that you may be interested in, available at: http://www.brainology.us/webnav/videogallery.aspx

The announcement of the launch is at:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mindset...

Let me know if you have any questions.

We're excited to provide a curriculum to help pupils develop a growth mindset and pursue their full potential.

Best,
Ed

By: DavidDMuir

DavidDMuir — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:31:47 +0000

Excellent summary and very useful video. Thanks for putting this together. My only slight quibble is the comment by the two talking heads – I'm not convinced that Caroles key message can be summarised as “Are you having fun?”. However, I haven't read her book yet – maybe I need to follow up more on her research.

I'm just off to share this post with my students.

By: Jill Lauren

Jill Lauren — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:10:04 +0000

Thank you for this terrific video. It's great to “hear” from Carol Dweck live. Her research is particularly important for kids with learning disabilities, who often believe that they can't do something because of a particular weakness. LD kids who work hard to learn how to read (requiring huge amounts of effort) often become competent readers, as long as instruction is appropriate. Indeed, studies at the Yale Child Study Center show the malleability of the brain by noting that the reading activity center in the brain changes after good remediation — which supports Carol Dweck's point regarding growth and effort.

By: BigAl48

BigAl48 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:50:05 +0000

Very interesting and logical. Makes heaps of sense and is certainly something that teachers in general could take on board.
Think too that in our tutoring situation this would be a very good tool to remember. Children like praise, so we must be careful with our choice of words when we give it.
The woman in the classes would brass me off though – answering the questions before they're asked!

By: Nick Hood

Nick Hood — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:36:33 +0000

I find that discussing the two mindsets is helpful for senior students. I haven't read the book yet but one of my department colleagues has – there are apparently some very useful resources to help pupils identify which mindset they belong to and importantly how they can develop the growth mindset.

All of this is rooted in the recent developments in understanding the plasticity of the brain. There are more things to come, I think: what an exciting time to be an educator!

By: BigAl48

BigAl48 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:50:05 +0000

By: Nick Hood

Nick Hood — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:36:33 +0000

All of this is rooted in the recent developments in understanding the plasticity of the brain. There are more things to come, I think: what an exciting time to be an educator!

By: aliceayel

aliceayel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:45:29 +0000

I really enjoyed watching this video. It made me start thinking about how to better praise my students. At the moment, I may be too “fixed mindset” type of teacher! I'm sure it will be very useful for colleagues.

By: kevin mc laughlin

kevin mc laughlin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:15:14 +0000

It's an enlightening video Doug. It's well put together and just the right length to get the message across. And it's made me sit up and think about how I use praise in my own classroom. It's definitely something I'll need to think about more but would need to delve into further before using this approach in my classroom.
Good luck with the presentation. I'm sure your colleagues will find it very useful.