The power of the 'yet' message took me back, and I plan to share this with my students during a SEL day on Friday! I will say that unlike the article by Alfie Kohn, I don't think that its a complex idea, as far as language change. I think that using the growth mindset language wouldn't communicate that students weren't capable of success - I think that problem is resolved through having relationships with your students that help them understand your language and what you mean by that.
After reviewing the resources and our discussion via adobe the other day, I am intrigued by this particular subject. The "Growth Mindset" is surprisingly a internal conversation I had with myself as a 8th grader. Much like the resources explained, I was always told that I was intelligent, and gifted etc., so I thought I didn't have to try to be smart. Well as I started to fail 8th grade math, I heard a message basically saying that if you constantly told yourself you were bad at something, that you would be. I decided to change my mindset and it did work, rather well - I made an A in all my math courses except for Algebra 1. My point to that is that I actually used these principles and it worked. However, I would still say that I am still a fixed mindset person, most of the time. Until watching these videos, I never realized what exactly my previous success had banked on, and I'm unlike Josh W. in that way. It took me a bit longer to realize I needed to use those principles elsewhere. Much like Howard Gardner and his theory of multiple intelligence, I believe that people aren't black and white -fitting into one box or the other- instead that they're capable of having both a fixed and a growth mindset. I think this depends on what the subject is, such as my fixed mindset towards math. Just as many psychologists believe that the brain is malleable, so is our ability to change our mindsets. Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=531&v=pN34FNbOKXc&feature=emb_logo&disable_polymer=true
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