Mindset in Education
At Winning Scotland, we passionately believe that having a growth mindset is critical for young people across Scotland to achieve their best in life and fulfil their potential.
This mindset, researched by Stanford University's Professor Carol Dweck, helps young people to have a love of learning, thrive on challenges and build resilience when things go wrong.
A growth mindset is something that children can learn, but there is also a key role for parents, teachers, and other adults in a child's life to play in ensuring they create a growth mindset environment.
What is a fixed or growth mindset?
Fixed mindsets - believe that we're born with a fixed level of natural ability, intelligence or talent. We feel that our talents and abilities determine our level of success in
the future. We might think we 'are no good at numbers', 'the musical one', 'are naturally great at art' but 'am rubbish with words'. We think we should find our talents easy, and avoid the setbacks and challenges that the things we're not so good
at present us with.
Growth mindsets - believe our level of success is determined by factors such as effort, application and skills development. We feel that our talents, abilities and intelligence
can be learned & developed. We might think 'I'm not very good at this, yet', 'I need more practice', 'I'll have to try harder next time'. We appreciate the value of success because we've had to work hard to achieve it and use challenges as
opportunities to learn.
This website is an online learning platform that supports teaching professionals taking part in our ‘Mindset in Education’ professional learning programme.
If you’d like more information about Mindset in Education or would like to enquire about getting involved, please visit the Winning Scotland website.
If you are already starting your professional learning journey, welcome to Mindset in Education! This is a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative programme of work and meet the requirements for ongoing professional learning that has been developed
to take into account the National Improvement Framework, Curriculum for Excellence and tied into HGIOS4.
Accredited by Glasgow Caledonian University to carry 15 credits at level 11 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) the course will encourage you to reflect on your own school setting, understand the process of change management and
develop a mindset culture that meets your own school and community context and more importantly consider the work in the context of sustained culture change.
This course has a number of options for you to pursue, ensuring your learning experience is tailored to meet your needs with the purpose being to equip Mindset Leaders and Champions with the knowledge to understand the concepts of growth mindset and consider
how to apply this in your school / learning community.
The course draws on the theory of Carol Dweck’s research. Materials have been developed within a Scottish context based on Curriculum for Excellence and the Scottish Government's policy of raising attainment and closing the poverty related attainment
gap.
Enjoy the course!