Classroom Mindsets
SSZ Briefings · 18th November 2021
Getting a good education for everybody – the equity question – is not just about bricks and mortar, or equal facilities and equal resources but about beliefs, writes Carol S. Dweck.
Getting a good education for everybody – the equity question – is not just about bricks and mortar, or equal facilities and equal resources but about beliefs, writes Carol S. Dweck.
We picked up with Peaches, a student at Holly Lodge 11-19 Science College, who decided to put our advice to the test. You can find out how she got on, in this short 2-minute video above.
'Teams' is how the world now operates. Sometimes, our school system may seem to suggest to young people that cooperation is cheating. But teamwork is about helping them to produce good work through sharing their strengths.
"Developing a growth mindset is a practice that we all – student and teacher alike – must learn to embrace as an on-going process."
This was the title of a recent article in the Times Educational Supplement, written by leading neuroscientist Steven Rose, emeritus professor at the Open University. (1) You will guess that, with our commitment to the growth mindset, all of us here at Study Skills Zone were interested to read this article. And it then seemed only fair that we should prepare a Briefing for all our readers.
It seems that, even at a young age, ambitions (in terms of jobs and career) can influence emotional strength and resilience and could well be a driving force for attitude and behaviour all the way through school.
In the run up to the exams, we've created a FREE 11-point Study Skills Zone GUIDE to help your students prepare.
Upton Hall School FCJ a Roman Catholic grammar school for girls aged 11-18, recently conceived an imaginative week of study skills and 'growth mindset' initiative for all 950 students and also 200 parents!
Teachers should consider awarding every student an 'A' grade at the start of the year, according to a new study released by the Royal Society of Arts.
David Eagleman’s stimulating series on The Brain has finally come to an end after six riveting episodes. He has taken us on a fascinating tour of the brain and how it makes us who we are. If you’ve not seen the last two, they are still available (just) on iPlayer.