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Grit and growth: who's to blame for low achievement?

Jul 10, 2014 | Category: Featured

I’ve recently read a couple of interesting articles which question the efficacy of the research of Carol Dweck (Mindset) and Angela Duckworth (Grit). The complaint is that if we attribute an individua...

#Carol Dweck #Cristina Milos #Joe Bower #Growth mindset #Grit #Angela Duckworth #Gary Walsh

Focusing on performance is the enemy of the growth mindset

Mar 02, 2014 | Category: learning

Over the past year or so I've been following a line of thinking which has gone something like this:Learning and performance are not the same thing. Pupils' performance in lessons does not correspond w...

#Carol Dweck #Graham Nuthall #Growth mindset #Barry Hymer

The Grand Unified Theory of Mastery

Mar 10, 2013 | Category: Featured

Is this all you need to know about motivation, learning and professional development? No, probably not. But, it is a beguilingly complete way of tying together many of the theories which have baffled...

#deliberate practice #Growth mindset #Flow #Grit #Helsinki Bus Station Theory #talent

The effect of affect

Feb 24, 2013 | Category: learning

For those of us fortunate enough to be literate, the whole idea of Literacy in schools can seem bewilderingly over complicated. Something that comes to us as naturally as breathing can hardly require...

#Growth mindset #the Matthew Effect #cognitive psychology #Hugo Kerr #Robert MacFarlane

Why we should strive for perfection

Jun 26, 2012 | Category: learning

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#Samuel Beckett #Growth mindset #outstanding lessons #Perfect English Ofsted Lesson