1. Find two images that share a common concept.
Find three images that share a common concept.
Find a concept that links them all.
2. Growth mindset
A belief system that suggests that one’s
intelligence can be grown or developed with
persistence, effort, and a focus on learning.
Fixed mindset
A belief system that suggests that a person has
a predetermined amount of intelligence, skills
or talent.
3. 1 - strongly agree
2 - agree
3 - mostly agree
4 - mostly disagree
5 - disagree
6 - strongly disagree
You have a certain
amount of intelligence
and you really can’t
do much to change it.
You can learn new
things, but you can’t
really change your
basic intelligence.
Your intelligence is
something about you
that you can’t change
very much.
5. What Can We Do?
• Educate parents, teachers,
students and the whole
school community about
the brain and
neuroplasticity – the
brain as a muscle
• Embrace failure.
• Take care with praise.
• Constant focus on our
messages.
6. Find two images that share a common concept.
Find three images that share a common concept.
Find a concept that links them all.
7. How Will We Do It?
• What is your mindset and the
mindset of your students and
parents/carers?
• Continuous training and
support.
• Monitoring of student progress,
engagement and behaviour.
• Data and next steps.
8. Invite
• A cross school working party; sharing
resources, ideas and knowledge about the
secrets to unlocking a growth mindset for all of
our students.
