“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”
Two years ago I stumbled on a book that changed my teaching philosophy. The titled of the book is Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. This book has changed my life. After reading this book I have changed the way I teach. Every day I have been on a mission to shift my students’ mindset. To cultivate a growth mindset in my classroom, I use three strategies from this book. Since, I started implementing these strategies in my classroom, I have seen a great improvement in my students’ behavior and academic achievement.
How to cultivate a Growth Mindset in the classroom?
As an educator, every day I work hard to help my students succeed. I do whatever in my power to help them reach their academic goals. Many of them are falling behind, they avoid challenges and give up easily. I want all my students to believe that they can learn anything, I want them to have “can- do” attitude at all times. Being can-do student means when challenges arise in the classroom, students will embrace the challenges instead of avoiding it. My ultimate aim as an educator is to help my students learn how to embrace challenges and how to persist in their learning so that they can achieve their academic goals.
Teaching our students to change their attitude about their own learning is a powerful way to help them achieve their academic goals.
