Mindset is an idea discovered by psychologist Carol Dweck. In a growth mindset, people believe that abilities can be developed through hard work and dedication because the brain is a muscle that can be trained. Whereas those with a fixed mindset believe that their abilities and intelligence are fixed traits that cannot be altered.<\/span><\/p>\n Click the picture for a link to a video explaining Growth Mindset<\/p><\/div>\n The link below will open the Southesk Parents\/Carers Guide to Growth Mindset<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Growth Mindset is a way of life at Southesk Primary School. You are sure to hear our children talk about how they’ve been developing a ‘Growth Mindset’ at school. During lessons and through assemblies the pupils have done a significant amount of learning about the two types of mindsets that children and adults can have, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3826,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3826"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Image](\"http:\/\/www.theaxholmeacademy.com\/_site\/data\/files\/images\/aboutus\/CF4267C3DAF900A55C55F472BA2C1E9B.jpg\")
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Dweck found that children love the idea that their brain is like a muscle that gets stronger as they use it to learn.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
It’s never too late to change your mindset: mindsets are beliefs, but beliefs can be changed.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
Encourage them to be resilient. Children will find some tasks difficult or frustrating – but encourage them not to give up. Taking on a challenge, practising and persevering are all traits of successful growth mindset learners.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
Use a role model. Talk about your child’s favourite sportsperson, musician or teacher and talk about the effort, practise and perseverance that they must have applied to achieve their success.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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