"Growth" vs. "Fixed" Minds Podcast

This podcast involved Dr. Carol Dweck, a professor of psychology, who talked about how it is important for us to have a growth mind-set. She said that there was an eight session workshop where students were divided into half. One-half of the students learned about study skills and the other half learned about study skills and growth mind-set. The students were also taught how to apply what they learned to their schoolwork. She talked about how the students who attended the study skills and growth mind-set session did much better in school than the other students who only learned about study skills in the other session. She said that teachers noticed that some of the students were doing so much better in school than others.

The podcast also tells us that New York students who have a growth mind-set do better than the students who have a fixed mind-set. This I believe because the fixed mind-set students only do what they think they are capable of doing. The students with the growth mind-set believe they can accomplish further knowledge and do more beyond what they are capable of doing now. Dr. Dweck says that we should continue to learn new things to keep our neurons connecting.

As a teacher, I can use the useful information from the podcast to motivate my students to learn. I know that I will play a big part in helping students accomplish many goals that are set for them in school. I can do this by helping them create a growth mind-set within themselves through an interesting curriculum. I believe that students should have a growth mind-set in order to become successful. They have to believe that they can accomplish new goals that are set for them and that they set for themselves.