Growth Mindset
12/14/2019
At PNA, we not only emphasize academic excellence, but social emotional training as well. One important piece of this is helping our students develop a growth mindset. According to Carol Dweck, Ph.D., "In this mindset, the hand you're dealt is just the starting point for development. This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Although people may differ in every which way--in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments--everyone can change and grow through application and experience. Do people with this mindset believe that anyone can be anything, that anyone with proper motivation or education can become Einstein or Beethoven? No, but they believe that a person's true potential is unknown (and unknowable)--that it's impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training." At PNA, we educate students to be exceptional learners and independent thinkers of vision, courage, and integrity. Not one of these important mission pieces is possible without a growth mindset. We want our students to understand that they are not born with a fixed amount of intelligence or talent, but that they can cultivate intelligence and talent through effort and experience, through learning, experimenting, failing, and growing. You do not need to always have the correct answer, but rather ask questions and seek answers to everyday problems and wonderings. A growth mindset leads to resiliency in our students and helps them realize they can accomplish more than they think possible. Images From:
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Saania AliMs. Ali graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. She specializes in Early Childhood Education, ESL, and Special Education. Her hobbies include traveling, reading, and painting! Archives
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