My Thoughts on the Growth Mindset
The growth mindset provides an important framework in re-evaluating what it means to learn. Dr. Dweck is right when she asserts the the current education system drives students to chase grades and achievements rather than challenges. Learning has become a sort of performance to show that students are competent with the material, but it fails to challenge the students in a meaningful way. When students become fixated on grades and face failure, they see themselves as the problem. A growth mindset focuses on confronting challenges with growth and development, rather than viewing these challenges as a metric to determine their competency. For example, some difficult math problems can be viewed as an unnecessary punishment for students who view homework as the end itself, or it can be seen as a challenge to try and develop their skills through the growth mindset. By engaging with the material, students with a growth mindset are more capable of tackling challenges and addressing dispar...