I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach. Researchers have known for some time that the brain is like a muscle; that the more you use it, the more it grows. They’ve found that neural connections form and deepen most when we make mistakes doing difficult tasks rather than repeatedly having success with easy ones. What this means is that our intelligence is not fixed, and the best way that we can grow our intelligence is to embrace tasks where we might struggle and fail. Salman Khan Totally agree. Whats interesting about this article is that, as a learner myself I tend to stick with activities I know Ill excel at, a fixed mindset. Which is very much in keeping with my personality. However as a coach and homeschool parent I encourage and absolutely believe in a growth mindset about learning, loving and living. Ive always maintained that homeschooling, for us, is more about learning how to learn and live than it is about what were learning, ie: a given topic or subject matter. Those are the means, not the end.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:56:28 +0000
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