From Wikipedia: "Professor Dweck has primary research interests in motivation, personality, and development. She teaches courses in Personality and Social Development as well as Motivation. Her key contribution to social psychology relates to implicit theories of intelligence. This is present in her book entitled Mindset: The New Psychology of Success which was published in 2006. According to Dweck, individuals can be placed on a continuum according to their implicit views of where ability comes from. Some believe their success is based on innate ability; these are said to have a 'fixed' theory of intelligence. Others, who believe their success is based on hard work and learning, are said to have a 'growth' or an 'incremental' theory of intelligence. Individuals may not necessarily be aware of their own mindset, but their mindset can still be discerned based on their behavior. It is especially evident in their reaction to failure. Fixed-mindset individuals dread failure because it is a negative statement on their basic abilities, while growth mindset individuals don't mind failure as much because they realize their performance can be improved. These two mindsets play an important role in all aspects of a person's life. Dweck argues that the growth mindset will allow a person to live a less stressful and more successful life.
"This is important because (1) individuals with a 'growth' theory are more likely to continue working hard despite setbacks and (2) individuals' theories of intelligence can be affected by subtle environmental cues. For example, children given praise such as 'good job, you're very smart' are much more likely to develop an fixed mindset, whereas if given compliments like 'good job, you worked very hard' they are likely to develop a growth mindset. In other words, it is possible to encourage students, for example, to persist despite failure by encouraging them to think about learning in a certain way."
brainology
alfie kohn - 5 reasons to stop saying good job
Joe Bower: David Shenk's book The Genius in All of Us is fantastic too.
drawing on the right side of the brain. = book she read
Megan Howard (@mmhoward): Love this quote from "Your Child's Strengths" about adolescence...In their adolescent years, kids become aware of themselves as separate and powerful people who have choices in their development. This can be exhilarating at times and overwhelming at others. Hormones awaken and release for the first time the deeply encoded messages about life and death, purpose and meaning, love and rage. "Adolescents live in a state of heightened awareness, searching for something bigger than they are to mirror their yearning for significance. They look to adults to be that something bigger, to grab hold of them and pull them up out of the general clamor. They long to know that the world wants them and that life has, in fact, been waiting for their arrival. This is not a rebellion, but a strengths awakening." (p. 63)
Corey Boettiger: while perseverance is one of the greatest traits a person can posses i dont believe it should nor even could be integrated into our curriculum because i believe perseverance is something that each person has to discover on their own and is not something that can be taught directly if thats what you were meaning
then he responded with a cool example of his perseverance with medical problems where his friends could care less -
(yes - that was our Corey Boettiger at an elluminate session... joining right in - bravo man)
Peggy George: these are Angela's habitudes: Habitude 1: Imagination .............................................................................. 15
Habitude 2: Curiosity .................................................................................. 31
Habitude 3: Self-Awareness ........................................................................ 49
Habitude 4: Perseverance .......................................................................... 63
Habitude 5: Courage .................................................................................. 79
Habitude 6: Adaptability ............................................................
Peggy George: definitely parallel these comments now
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