Carol dweck

The woman behind the theory of growth mindset says she is kept awake by some teachers misusing it to "make kids feel good about themselves". Psychologist Carol Dweck (pictured) devised the concept after decades of research on achievement and success. It explains how intelligence can be developed, so that children focus on improvement rather than

Carol Dweck. Mindset: changing the way you think to fulfil your potential - book summary. The real difference between the fixed and the growth mindset.

Back in March I blogged about becoming a growth mindset school following our staff launch event. Since that time we have been very busy preparing to roll out the ethos to the whole school. Here…

According to Carol S. Dweck in Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, children are eager to learn and never worry about failing. It is only when they grow up that they don’t want to look foolish, and start defining themselves by their failures and successes. However, the most successful people don’t worry about failing and have […]

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Examples of a false growth mindset include praising effort over progress, affirming students' potential without enabling them, and blaming their mindset instead of refocusing it.