What Carol Dweck thinks about education
Psychologist at Stanford University, where she holds the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professorship of Psychology; known for research on motivation and mindset and the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
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7 dated positions, 2015, in their own words. Our reading of what Carol Dweck has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingA growth mindset is not just about effort
Their wordsA growth mindset isn’t just about effort. Perhaps the most common misconception is simply equating the growth mindset with effort.
↗Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' (Education Week)edweek.org 1st of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsStudents need to try new strategies and seek input from others when they’re stuck. They need this repertoire of approaches—not just sheer effort—to learn and improve.
↗Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' (Education Week)edweek.org 2nd of 8 in this piece
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Our readingA growth mindset means telling students the truth about their achievement and helping them improve
Their wordsIt is about telling the truth about a student’s current achievement and then, together, doing something about it, helping him or her become smarter.
↗Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' (Education Week)edweek.org 3rd of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsMust it always come back to finding a reason why some children just can’t learn, as opposed to finding a way to help them learn? Teachers who understand the growth mindset do everything in their power to unlock that learning.
↗Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' (Education Week)edweek.org 4th of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsBut the path to a growth mindset is a journey, not a proclamation.
↗Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' (Education Week)edweek.org 5th of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsIf we “ban” the fixed mindset, we will surely create false growth-mindsets. (By the way, I also fear that if we use mindset measures for accountability, we will create false growth mindsets on an unprecedented scale.)
↗Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' (Education Week)edweek.org 7th of 8 in this piece
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Our readingThe growth-mindset message may have stressed effort too much and made change sound too easy
Their wordsMaybe we originally put too much emphasis on sheer effort. Maybe we made the development of a growth mindset sound too easy.
↗Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' (Education Week)edweek.org 8th of 8 in this piece