Wednesday, April 19, 2017

April 19, 2017



   

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Growth Mindset………………..Helping Students Face Failure

One of the areas where students struggle is with the idea of failure. Whenever possible, take opportunities to discuss the value of failure.

We can all learn from our failures, and it is important for all of us to challenge how we view ourselves as learners.  As we age, many of us get more rigid in our thinking.  Young children can often serve as guides because they are learning and making new mistakes daily.  Developing a growth mindset is knowing that learning is not just about producing the right answers all the time.  It is about giving yourself permission to improve constantly, to make the effort, to think outside of the box, to create, innovate, and to stretch your brain and grow.  

Asking students to analyze a scenario, quote, or movie clip can be an effective way to engage students in a discussion about the value of failure.

Here are some examples of famous failures that you could discuss and analyze with your students:
  • ·        R.H. Macy: The founder of Macy’s department store failed at 7 previous business attempts.
  • ·        Colonel Sanders: Harland Davis Sanders’ famous chicken was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.
  • ·        Thomas Edison: He conducted experiments on his concepts 9,000 times before he created the lightbulb.
  • ·        Post-it Notes: A scientist at 3M Company was working to create a super-strong adhesive; it was a failure. Instead, he accidently made a reusable, pressure sensitive adhesive that later was utilized in sticky notes. 

Growth Mindset………………..Words that Matter

Changing your words can change your mindset. With a positive mindset, mistakes are for learning from; something new is an exciting challenge; hard work brings results; the world is a great place to be. Notice the difference in language used in describing the negative versus the positive. Changing your mindset can be brought about simply by changing the words that you use. Your choice of words, talking to yourself and to your children, is an important way in which you can create a happy world view.

You can help your children to develop a positive mindset by helping them to change the words that they use.



Words are powerful and our brains believe what we hear. Help your children, and yourself, to hear the right sorts of words that are going to create a great world in which they are happy to be and, consequently, in which they will succeed.


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