So to preface my post, I want to say that I love Carol Dweck, and I have heard her talk on Growth Mindset before this class. I am a Peer Learning Assistant through the OU Student Learning Center for Intro to Mass Comm. I recently went through a 10-hour training for this position as a tutor, and in this time period, we reviewed these videos.
I believe that the best strategy to being a student for life is to believe that you have a growth mindset. Too often students believe when something is too challenging or difficult that they are stupid or can never do what they think is impossible. But something Carol Dweck encourages is the power of Not Yet. So, I usually try to approach all my challenging learning curves to this — I can't do this test... yet. Or I can't complete this assignment... yet. It's important that we help students understand that their brain can grow and develop for their entire lives, research has found. So with a growth mindset, I believe anyone can achieve anything they truly want to.
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| A brain lifting weights as to explain how the brain is a muscle that with exercise and practice, can grow and develop and ultimately learn. Photo: LinkedIn |
In my last semester here at OU, I think my brain just wants to be done with college classes. I am honestly ready to work in the real world with people who don't have homework. I understand that learning is important in life, and someday I want to teach children how to learn, but for now, for me, I want to do my classes to the best of my ability and graduate with a smile. That being said, I approach my classes thus far with the idea that my goal is to learn something new today or apply something you've learned already to something you are doing today, because that is learning, too.
Hey Mia! Congratulations on it being your last semester! I hope that you achieve everything that you desire in life. I agree with you though, it is important for college students to have an understanding and application of the growth mindset in their day-to-day lives. It can be very helpful!
ReplyDeleteHey Mia! I like the mindset you have this semester. I think approaching learning as something new to look forward to is essential in order to stay motivated. Lots of times, I think people just want to be done with something because they have no reason to look forward to it. Framing that task in a more positive manner can help restore some of that motivation and help you ultimately reach your goals!
ReplyDeleteI do believe that the growth mindset is definitely important while being a college student. After taking 4 years of engineering classes, I realized that the professors like to give super challenging assignments and see that you are thinking about the problem instead of just giving up. I am also ready to get out in the real world but I will miss the college environment as well.
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