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The nail in Growth Mindset's coffin?
Mar 06, 2018 |
Category: psychology
As I'm sure everybody already knows, mind sets are beliefs about the nature of characteristics like intelligence. The theory is that students with growth mindsets believe their ability can be changed...
Is growth mindset bollocks?
Jan 25, 2017 |
Category: psychology
Like everyone else, when I first came across Carol Dweck's theory of growth mindsets I was pretty psyched. There was something so satisfyingly truthy about the way the labels 'fixed' and 'growth' mind...
Making kids cleverer
Nov 05, 2016 |
Category: psychology
One of the real problems with improving education systems is that there tends not to be much agreement about what education is actually for. I've written about this issue before and have made clear my...
Why the 'false growth mindset' explains so much
Jun 20, 2015 |
Category: psychology
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida
In the same way that I learned nothing from listening to the polished performance of Ken Robinson at yesterday's Ed...
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