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Dweck’s Learning TheoryDweck’s learning theory consists of focusing on how children learn on the
classroom and What influences their ability to succeed.
a fixed mindset is where intelligence is innate and therefore cannot be
changed.
a growth mindset is where they believe their intelligence can develop
overtime.
Dweck suggests that having a growth mindset allows them to see failure
as a challenge to improve, having resilience to cope with setbacks and
have an at a positive attitude toward working hard and practising.
mind-sets at school
According to Dweck, Students who have a fixed mindset are most
concerned with looking intelligent. they avoid doing things that they
could potentially fail at, instead of seeing them as learning
opportunities. , failure can affect their self esteem, making them
think they aren't as intelligent as they originally thought. Students
who fixed mindsets do not like making an effort as they believe that
ability is innate and that they should not need to practise. students
who have a growth mindset believe that with effort and practise
they can improve setbacks are viewed as challenges and
opportunities to learn from.
Having more than one mindset
it is stated that individuals can hold wine sets for different ability's
for example someone thinks they can improve for music but not for
maths.
Reducing bullying
the benefits of a growth mindset shows are reducing aggression and
bullying, it showed that they behave less aggressively and
demonstrated more pro social behaviour.
Dweck’s ideas on praise for effort
Mueller and Dweck (1998) Have investigated the effect of praise on
achievement, examining the effects of praising intelligence versus
praising efforts. They have found that children who were praised for
their intelligence when they had succeeded in a task, often then
chose problem solving tasks that allowed them to continue to
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