“GROWTH MINDSET”
Teaching the Year 3 and 4s
For our U.O.I we have been looking at what a Growth Mindset is, and how we can have a growth mindset. A Growth Mindset is when you challenge your brain to work harder and learn more, and try your best. A Fixed Mindset is when you already think you are good enough or if you think you can’t do it so you don’t try. People with a Growth Mindset will eventually overtake those with a Fixed Mindset.
Last Tuesday we taught the Year 3 and 4 girls about what a Growth Mindset is. Each group from 8PR had designed a different set of activities. There were a lot of different ways to present the information, from videos to puzzles! To teach the year 3 and 4s was quite challenging, but fun. It taught us a lot about how to teach younger kids and also helped up to put into place what we had learnt ourselves about both Leadership and having a Growth Mindset.
By the end of the session the Year 3 and 4 girls had a great understanding of what it means to have a Growth Mindset - they have even put it into their Essential Agreement for this year!
"I can't do it...yet!"
I think that It is an awesome idea to teach someone as young as the year three and fours about growth mindset, so that they grow up with as many opportunities as they can. What do you use to teach them?
ReplyDeleteI think that It is an awesome idea to teach someone as young as the year three and fours about growth mindset, so that they grow up with as many opportunities as they can. What do you use to teach them?
ReplyDeleteFantastic post. I think it is really important to teach everybody to have a growth mindset. I love the idea of "I can't do it yet" I think it will really help. What kind of activities did you use to help the year 3 & 4's with their growth mindset?
ReplyDeleteWell done girls.
ReplyDeleteThe word challenge is great when it's in the same sentence as brain. exciting . work hard, learn more.
The word opportunity springs to mind.