5313- Power of Growth

I can help my learner develop a growth mindset by encouraging the vitality of planning and trying new approaches. Many learners praised for being intelligent causes them to have a fixed mindset. However, when exposed to different learning strategies, it will push them toward establishing a growth mindset.

I will show my learners I am also a learner like them. I will open up to them about how I set up goals, learn from my mistakes, and implement new strategies to reach my objectives. I will encourage students to embrace the world yet foster a growth mindset and abilities.

A growth mindset heavily influences the way individuals respond to feedback. People with a fixed mindset have a hard time absorbing feedback, but those with a growth mindset see it as a chance to learn and progress (OECD, 2021). Students with a growth mindset take on new challenges and see extra work as a means to success. They will avoid cheating in the exam because their attitude is to deal with the challenge head-on.

A growth mindset can help students avoid preoccupation with their grades. It can help the learners analyze their weaknesses, set objectives, and explore new and efficient strategies to achieve their goals. Grit acts as a driver of excellence and success, and beyond what intelligence and talent offer.

We can prevent the growth mindset from becoming a fad or improperly implement by emphasizing the effort and not the outcome. We should show how action causes progress or success. Grit can be misused when instructors only teach learners to be determined without a strategy. The excess determination may result in individuals losing everything they invested to achieve set goals.

The growth mindset stimulates individual drive, willingness, and total belief base to accomplish better results. A growth mindset is good and can lead to positive results, but it is not guaranteed. It needs back up with effort exerted on valuable activities.

A learner's mindset is where individuals respond to their inherent ability to learn and act to their inquisitive trait leading to the world's perception of learning opportunities. We can move or adopt a learner's mindset by changing their thinking about learning and their perspective on assisting themselves and others in education. However, one of the most significant encounters to embracing and living the learner's mindset is that these changes in behavior require to occur in proximity and cumulatively but not at the same time.

Reference

OECD. (2021). Sky's the limit: growth mindset, students, and schools in PISA.

https://www.oecd.org/pisa/growth-mindset.pdf