Carol Dweck’s research on the dichotomy of the growth and fixed mindset has proven near ubiquitous in schools over the past couple of years. It has proven the topic of …
A Blog Update
Maintaining a regular blog and completing the day job is difficult work. I’ve always enjoyed composing a new blog in the corners of evenings, when the ‘real work’ is finished, …
Growth Mindset – More Evidence
If you are a school teacher and you haven’t heard of Carol Dweck’s ubiquitous growth and fixed mindset concept then… quite frankly, where the hell have you been for the …
Successful Learning by Stealth
What does this lovely old lady reveal positive messages about student success? Why is her story potentially so powerful? Nola Ochs is a special lady. So special she appears in …
The Problem with Teaching Character
You can’t read or hear about an Education Secretary (see here) or Shadow Secretary (see here) lately without chewing on a bit of GRIT and being told about how we …
Growth Mindset – So What’s Next?
My journey to school each morning is mercifully short. Each day I follow the same habitual steps, with little variation beyond the odd song that rattles my morning stupor. Every …
The Problem with Growth Mindset
I was brought up by my family to believe that you got your just rewards for working hard. It is a belief that has stayed with me and nourished me …
‘Revision – What Revision?’
It is exam results week and teachers all over England will be picking through the remnants of their students’ results – their successes and failures. My thoughts come to one of …
Moving Beyond National Curriculum Levels
A fair few months ago the government announced the end of KS3 levels. Only there has been little real change – to my knowledge – in the status quo because …
Winning Ugly & ‘Gritty’ Learning
13-year-old Arvind Mahankali from New York (correctly spelled “knaidel,” a word for a small mass of leavened dough, to win the American national competition) Americans love a ‘Spelling Bee‘. They …
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