Growth mindset dhs conf
- 1. Mindset a whole school approach Shaun Allison Deputy Head, Durrington High school @shaun_allison http://classteaching.wordpress.com/
- 2. Curious Experimenting Learning Tackling really hard tasks. .again and again
- 3. I cant do it Im stuck I cant be bothered Its too hard Im not clever enough Hes a boff, Im not Can I do something easier? Im at my MEG so Im alright Whats the point in showing me that, Ill never be able to do it
- 5. Mindset Fixed intelligence is fixed and cant be changed. Growth intelligence can be developed through effort & practice
- 6. Fixed Look smart at all costs Growth No risks about looking smart, so dive into challenges
- 7. Fixed Achievement should come naturally Growth Hard work and effort is key
- 8. Fixed Hide mistakes and deficiencies Growth Capitalize on mistakes and learn from them
- 9. Dweck's research falls into the category of most of the best of our research into education, in that it merely ends up confirming the eternal truths of the classroom: turn up, work hard, study, do well; work harder, do better; believe you can improve and you probably will, believe that you can't and see what happens. Tom Bennett, TES
- 11. Posters
- 14. A GIFT? HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE? Starting playing tennis aged 2. Practised 5 days a week; every week. By aged 5 playing in tournaments for under 10s. By 8 he was allowed to play against adults in competitions. Had few friends in secondary school and trained in all of his spare time. Aged 15 asks his mum to move to Barcelona so he can be trained with the worlds best.
- 16. Caution - Changing behaviours is hard Nick Rose Turnford blog
- 17. Caution The False Growth Mindset Dont oversimplify it. Effort = Growth Mindset = success. Everyone can be excellent at everything! Posters + assemblies = job done. Yes, I have a growth mindset
- 18. Self aware Legitimise our fixed mindset know your triggers, embrace them, overcome them: Facing Challenges: Anxious Struggling: Frustrated, worried Setbacks: Discouraged, defensive Being criticised: angry, defensive, ashamed Support students to do the same.
- 19. Tell students the 馨艶壊壊温乙艶
- 20. Start the message early
- 21. Nudge dont shove
- 25. No Lesson Observation grades
- 27. No KS4 target grades
- 28. Set themselves long term goals Benchmark of Brilliance
- 29. Heres one I prepared last year
- 30. Focus on effort
- 32. Catch them working hard
- 33. Dont use learning objectives like: All Most Some
- 36. Share excellence
- 37. Share excellence
- 38. Share excellence
- 39. Make feedback manageable & meaningful
- 42. Gallery Critique
- 43. Practice it
- 47. Change your language Fulfil your academic potential
- 48. Change your language Youre naturally talented at this
- 49. Change your language Top end challenge
- 50. Change your language If you get stuck, go on to the next one
- 51. Change your language Youve done really well, you must be so clever
- 52. Change your language Never mind, you tried your best
- 53. Change your language I wont do that with this class, theyre low ability End
- 54. Instead of: Low ability Middle ability High ability What about: Low starter Middle starter High starter
- 55. Is there any evidence to suggest its worth focusing on?
- 58. 1 FIXED 2 3 4 5 6 GROWTH
- 59. 1 FIXED 2 3 4 5 6 GROWTH Whole school average = 3.9
- 60. 1 FIXED 2 3 4 5 6 GROWTH Student A, 2.5 57% on or above
- 61. 1 FIXED 2 3 4 5 6 GROWTH Student B, 2.8 57% on or above
- 62. 1 FIXED 2 3 4 5 6 GROWTH Student C, 5.5 100% on or above
- 63. 1 FIXED 2 3 4 5 6 GROWTH Student D, 5.6 83% on or above
- 65. Student E TP4 Projections TP5 Projections
- 66. Student E TP4 Projections 1 FIXED 2 3 4 5 6 GROWTH TP5 Projections 5.4
- 73. Success nourishes them. They succeed because they think they can - Virgil @shaun_allison http://classteaching.wordpress.com/
Editor's Notes
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