When most people hear of growth and fixed mindsets they have to research it a little bit. It’s not a common topic of many conversations. People with fixed mindsets believe that things like their intelligence and talents are just fixed traits that cannot be changed. People with growth mindsets see their abilities and qualities as things that can change and be developed.
When reading the article by Carol Dweck I think she explains growth mindset very good. In Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says she talks about how too much praise isn’t good and praising for the wrong things can be harmful as well. She speaks on how children of today’s society have fixed mindsets because they either receive too much praise, are praised for the wrong things or are nagged instead of helped when faced with challenges. Instead of giving too much praise or nagging too much, finding strategies and what works for someone will allow them to improve more. While telling someone they’ve done a good job and rewarding them with kind words doesn’t sound bad, in most cases it causes more harm than good. Giving children the proper basic skills or help they have room for infinite improvement and growth. Although I wasn’t a big fan of Alfie Kohn’s article, he made a few valid points in my opinion. In his article, The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system Alfie Kohn says “kids typically end up less interested in whatever they were rewarded or praised for doing, because now their goal is just to get the reward or praise”. I agree with that statement because it’s something that me and many other people do. If you know you’ll be rewarded for something, nine times out of ten, you’re only doing it for the reward. I think that was a great point to comment on. I believe I’m a growth mindset academic wise. When it comes to school work it’s completely up to me and what I can do.
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