How to Develop Growth Mindsets in the Classroom: The Complete Guide - Softcover

Gershon, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1534830316 ISBN 13: 9781534830318

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub, 1701

Synopsis

How can we help our students become more resilient, more determined and happier to embrace challenges? What can we do to change how they think about mistakes? And how can we help them appreciate that targeted effort is the number one path to mastery? In this timely and compelling book, bestselling author Mike Gershon presents you with everything you need to develop growth mindsets in your classroom. Calling on a wealth of teaching and training experience, Mike sets out the different areas of pedagogy you need to focus on, then gives you the practical strategies you can use to make change happen. With more than 200 exemplar questions and over sixty strategies, activities and techniques, this book is your go to guide for establishing, cultivating and sustaining growth mindsets in the students you teach. It's the starting point for your growth mindsets journey. Chapters Include: - Getting the Language Right - Changing how Students Perceive Mistakes - Targeting Student Effort - Giving Great Feedback - Thinking About Thinking - Creating a Challenge Culture - Engaging Parents with Growth Mindsets Mike is the author of over 80 books and guides covering different areas of classroom practice. His online resources have been viewed and downloaded more than 3.5 million times. You can find out more at www.mikegershon.com and www.gershongrowthmindsets.com

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About the Author

Mike Gershon is an expert educationalist whose knowledge of teaching and learning extends across the age ranges and the curriculum. His online teaching tools have been viewed and downloaded more than 3.5 million times by teachers in over 180 countries and territories. They include the now famous Starter Generator, Plenary Producer and AFL Toolkit. He is also the author of more than 30 books on teaching and learning, including bestsellers covering categories such as outstanding teaching, assessment for learning, differentiation, questioning, growth mindsets and Bloom’s Taxonomy. He has also written more than 50 guides looking at different areas of classroom practice. All of Mike’s work is closely focused on the practicalities of pedagogy; teachers across the world return to his work because of its relevance to the classroom and the immediacy with which the ideas can be implemented. Find out more at www.mikegershon.com and www.gershongrowthmindsets.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Publication date: 1701
• ISBN 10: 1534830316
• ISBN 13: 9781534830318
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 152