Picture from Jessica Ottewell from flickr
I hadn't heard of the growth mindset before, but I think the idea is very interesting. I think that encouraging teachers to teach with the growth mindset would encourage students to actually learn instead of just seeking good grades. I think that I tend to focus on grades more than I should. When I find something difficult to learn, I often give up and think that it's just too hard. I believe that if I shifted my mindset to the Growth Mindset, I would definitely benefit.
Since I've been at OU, I've spent a lot of time taking classes that I'm required to take. However, because I'm graduating this semester, I'm now taking quite a few classes that I'm not required to take and that I'm genuinely interested in. I hope that as I'm taking these classes, I can use the growth mindset more than I have in the past.
Hi Alexandra! I'm glad this class introduced to you the growth mindset philosophy. I encourage you to look more into the videos and images that are posted in the growth mindset tabs. It was really interesting to me to read about how changing one's perspective of failure can make a limited mind become limitless. Congratulations on your last semester and good luck!
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