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Does your classroom promote a growth mindset? Are you sufficiently “learner-centred” and do you take your students’ individual learning styles into account?
These are the kinds of questions teachers are often asked by their administrators. In fact, some teachers, particularly those just starting their careers, find themselves under considerable pressure to give the “right” answers. If they don’t, they might soon be out of a job.
For example, the Toronto District School Board actively promotes “growth mindset” interventions in its schools. Growth mindset is a theory developed by American psychologist Carol Dweck, which states that students who believe they can increase their intelligence and talents will outperform students who assume these characteristics are innate or fixed….