1. Putting Mindsets into Practice AIS Sydney September 9, 2012

2. More About Praise and Feedback Messages about what is valued

3. What to Praise Effort, struggle, persistence despite setbacks, but not just effort… Strategies, choices Choosing difficult tasks Learning, improving

4. What About Criticism? The Coach

5. There’s good criticism and bad criticism….

6. What are ways to help students value criticism?

7. Criticism Grade takes account of revising, improving based on critical feedback Reward students for seeking critiques Cohen: How to give criticism: High standards + reassurance

8. Defensive Students Won’t hear feedback—”I know, I know..” Different conversations Opportunity Learning quickly vs. learning deeply

9. What About Parents?

10. February 11, 2007

11. Assignment: “I am gifted at…”

12. Labeling

13. Gifted Learning disabled Grouping (top nations in maths)

14. Rewards

15. Should Everyone Get a Trophy?

16. Grading and Testing Practices

17. Grades Tell Students What is Valued Grading

18. Does Testing Send a Message? High Stakes Testing

19. Messages: What Do Test Scores Mean?

20. Reflection What is one practice you could change in your school(s) right now to promote more of a growth mindset?

21. Are Some Things Seen as More Fixed?

22. Teachers’ Practices in Maths Teachers with a fixed mindset about mathematical ability:

23. Teachers’ Practices in Maths Teachers with a fixed mindset about mathematical ability: Judged a student’s ability from one exam

24. Teachers’ Practices in Maths Teachers with a fixed mindset about mathematical ability: Judged a student’s ability from one exam Comforted student: “Don’t worry, not everyone…” Unhelpful strategies

25. “I’m not a maths person”

26. More About Changing Students’ Mindsets

27. A Mystery For students in top charter schools in the U.S. Over 90% gain admission to university Only 30-40% make it through. Why?

28. Maths Dropout: Control vs. Growth Mindset

29. … but it’s not only about academic skills. Know vs. Know-how

30. Another Mystery Study with Native Americans: Mindset intervention did not work at first Why?

31. Another Mystery Study with Native Americans: Mindset intervention did not work at first Why? Making the mindset message culturally relevant

32. Mindsets About Teachers and Teaching

33. Mystery: Why Do Many of the Best Young Teachers Leave?

34. Natural Born Teacher?

35. The Egg Carton Theory

36. Reflection Think about something you’ve admired in other teachers/educators. What is one thing you could do to begin building that skill?

37. Changing Adults’ Mindsets

38. School Culture Are the leaders fostering a culture of learning or non-learning?

39. Organizational Culture A mindset can permeate an organization Murphy & Dweck (2010) Affects core values of employees Affects their behavior and decisions

40. Who Are the Great Leaders? Identified 50 managers who achieved “breakout” results Conclusion: They shared one thing— Liedtka et al., 2008

41. Who Are the Great Leaders? A Growth Mindset: Faith in their ability to change selves and environment Conviction that learning is the route Belief in teamwork Liedtka et al., 2008

42. Creating A Culture of Growth Changing Leaders’ Mindsets (Peter Heslin & colleagues)

43. Before Workshop Fixed mindset managers did not welcome feedback as much Fixed mindset managers didn’t mentor their employees as much--people can’t change Fixed mindset managers didn’t notice improvement--first impressions last

44. Mindset Workshop Scientific article and video on how the brain grows with learning throughout life

45. Neuroscience

46. Mindset Workshop Scientific article and video on how the brain grows with learning throughout life Exercises to instill a growth mindset

47. Mindset Workshop What is an area in which you once had low ability, but now perform quite well? How were you able to make this change?

48. Mindset Workshop What is an area in which you once had low ability, but now perform quite well? How were you able to make this change? Who is someone you know who dramatically improved their performance? Or did something you didn’t think they were capable of? What did they do that enabled them to improve?

49. As an educator, what are at least 3 reasons why it is important to believe that students can develop their abilities?

50. Exercise Write an email to a student in your class/school who once found school relatively easy but is now struggling and is turning off to school. Talk about the growth mindset and how abilities can be developed.

51. After After the growth mindset workshop, managers showed greater: Openness to critical feedback Willingness to mentor and higher quality of mentoring Openness to employee change

52. Hearing Voices in Your Head

53. The Growth vs. Fixed Mindset Voice

54. Facing a challenging task Experiencing setbacks or getting criticism Encountering someone more proficient than you

55. What are ways organizations can support or institutionalize the growth mindset?

56. Changing an Organization Message from the top Public Branding: What would you like to change? What would you like to grow? New managers meeting organized around growth mindset: permission to learn Managers moved out of comfort zone, took on more challenges—and were rewarded for it.

57. Reflection What is one professional challenge you are now facing? How could you approach that challenge with more of a growth mindset?

58. Mindset Leadership Lessons Effort and learning create talent Good leadership is mentoring and collaborating, not simply judging Leaders themselves need to experiment and grow