How to Develop Growth Mindsets in the Classroom - Softcover

Mike Gershon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1943920397 ISBN 13: 9781943920396

Publisher: Learning Sciences International, 2018

Synopsis

How to Develop Growth Mindsets in the Classroom: The Complete Guide answers the most important questions in today s classrooms: 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? Written by a practicing teacher and unashamedly practical, How to Develop Growth Mindsets in the Classroom 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. Chapters Include: Getting the Language Right; Changing how Students Perceive Mistakes; Targeting Student Effort; Giving Great Feedback; Thinking About Thinking; Creating a Challenge Culture; and Engaging Parents with Growth Mindsets.

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About the Author

Mike Gershon is the best-selling author of more than 100 books and guides and a teacher trainer providing educational consultancy and professional development. Gershon partners with schools, charities and other organizations in the UK and Europe, focusing on topics including outstanding teaching, assessment for learning, differentiation, questioning, growth mindset and Bloom s Taxonomy. He is the author and presenter of three bestselling online courses, including Growth Mindsets with Mike Gershon and Outstanding Teaching with Mike Gershon. His online teaching tools have been viewed and downloaded more than 3.5 million times by teachers in over 180 countries and territories. Gershon is a graduate of York University and has a master s degree from the University of London and a postgraduate certificate in education from the Institute of Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Sciences International
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1943920397
• ISBN 13: 9781943920396
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 152