For a long time many people had been trained to think that intelligence is fixed. Studies of the brain and it's elasticity show us that this not so. Click on the video below to learn more.
So we know that the brain does change, but how does it happen? This is a process called Neuroplasticity. Watch the video below to learn more about this amazing function of our brains.
Carol Dweck's Research on mindset
Carol Dweck, a social psychologist from Stanford, has completed extensive research on motivation. She discusses how important it is that you believe that you can improve and that with the right mindset we all are capable of anything.
Think about it
"In Guy Kawasaki's 2011 book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, he described two different kinds of people in the world:
' Eaters and bakers. Eaters want a bigger slice of an existing pie; bakers want to make a bigger pie. Eaters think that if they win, you lose, and if you win, they lose. Bakers think that everyone can live with a bigger pie. (p. 33).'"
Be a baker! There do not have to be "losers". The bigger pie is just an example of growth mindset in action.
' Eaters and bakers. Eaters want a bigger slice of an existing pie; bakers want to make a bigger pie. Eaters think that if they win, you lose, and if you win, they lose. Bakers think that everyone can live with a bigger pie. (p. 33).'"
Be a baker! There do not have to be "losers". The bigger pie is just an example of growth mindset in action.
Ricci, Mary Cay. Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a Culture of Success and Student Achievement in Schools. Print.
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Worried that you or your students are thinking with the fixed mindset? The good news is that mindset can be changed!