From a recommendation in the NZ Bio & Science teacher Facebook groups I started to look into PD and resources offered by an American teacher who has a post-grad degree in Instructional design. I was so lucky to discover an upcoming webinar on fostering a growth mindset with students, and it was free!
The timing worked and I attended for an intense hour online, and was so enthused and inspired that I purchased a set of teaching resources so I could begin using this approach with my students.
In Term 2 I started offering 2 online sessions per week (via YouseeU) for any student who was interested in what a Growth mindset was about. Each session I introduce 1 aspect, in the form of a question for the students to think about, and then tie their answers back to an aspect of Growth mindset - positive self talk, how success feels physically, what attributes (like attitude, persistence, problem-solving) are involved. SOme of the questions I have covered so far are: is there something you have succeeded at that you first found difficult? If you didn't watch TV/a screen for 1 hour a day what would you do with this time?
Below is an example of the on-screen prompts I have up for a session:
Welcome
to the Growth Mindset session!
1. Have you checked in to
register your attendance?
2. A bit about me: Fiona
Moore
3. Why Growth mindset?
4. Thinking about your Growth
Mindset
Today’s focus question:
When do you do your best work? What is the perfect environment for you to
succeed in?
5. Any questions – type or
speak or chat afterwards if you wish
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