Our theme this month for staff Professional Reading is the theory of intelligence that’s been setting social psychology and education abuzz: ‘Growth Mindset’.

An introduction to author Carol Dweck, with hyperlinks to open access articles from her oeuvre can be found here. The library holds a copy of Dweck’s “Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential” in the Staff CPD Collection. Chapter seven has been scanned and e-copy made available for your professional reading here.

This librarian saw Professor Dweck (and participated in role play! *shudders*) when she gave the keynote speech, on ‘Developing Growth Mindsets: How Praise Can Harm, and How To Use it Well’, at the Scottish Learning Festival back in 2009, and Clishmaclaver can assure you, it’s fascinating stuff!