Growth Mindset

"Growth Mindset" is a concept developed by psychologist Carol Dweck. Her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success became extremely popular with many schools and educators using the theories to inform how they teach.

According to Dweck, A mindset is a self-perception or “self-theory” that people may hold about themselves. For example people may believe they are either “intelligent” or “unintelligent”. People may also have a mindset “I’m a good teacher” or “I’m a bad parent,” for example. According to Dweck a person's mindset can have a profound effect on learning, achievement, acquisition of skills, personal relationships, professional success, and many other dimensions of life.

This is definitely a book I would like to seek out and read as soon as possible! Anything has a profound effect on learning is relevant to me as a teacher to understand.

Reference

Hidden Curriculum. (2014). in S. Abbott (Ed.), The glossary of education reform. Retrieved from:

http://edglossary.org/hidden-curriculum