As I was about the building this week, it was evident that last week's post was meaningful to a number of you. I saw post it notes, posters, a good news postcard last week referenced GRIT and growth mindset, and just in general discussion, it came up multiple times. Thanks again to Carolyn for providing such a great topic for discussion.
Above are a few visuals that are often used when looking at a growth mindset. A growth mindset is needed to fall into "grittiness" attitude. Feel free to print these and post them. Discussing them with students would be even better. What a great topic of discussion for PATS. Maybe hand out a copy or share a copy with students a day before you plan to have a discussion with them about their thoughts on mindset and GRIT.
Questions To Consider:
1. How could you use these visuals to engage students in a discussion about GRIT and growth mindset?
2. How about personally, what one thing in life do you need to develop a more of a growth mindset in? How can you do that? Set a single minor attainable goal in that area for this week?
3. Do you have any other visuals or resources that would be good to share on this topic? If so, make a reply to this post and attach it there.
I like the bottom diagram and think students would like it. It is difficult to build back up after one failure, let alone multiple ones! The freshmen have been doing well so far this year, but have mentioned that they fear failing immensely, but I am hoping that through constant discussion they will continue to grow into a positive mindset!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading. It is great that you have the knowledge of our students fearing failure. That will be beneficial to you in the future. We all would assume that they fear failure but they have been explicit to let you know.
ReplyDelete