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Mindset – a whole
school approach
Shaun Allison
Deputy Head, Durrington High school
@shaun_allison
http://classteaching.wo...

• Curious
• Experimenting
• Learning
• Tackling really hard
tasks….
• ….again and again

• “I can’t do it”
• “I’m stuck”
• “I can’t be bothered”
• “It’s too hard”
• “I’m not clever enough”
• “He’s a boff, I’m no...

Mindset
• Fixed –intelligence is fixed and can’t be
changed.
• Growth – intelligence can be developed
through effort & pra...

• Fixed – Look smart at all costs
• Growth – No risks about looking smart, so
dive into challenges

• Fixed – Achievement should come naturally
• Growth – Hard work and effort is key

• Fixed – Hide mistakes and deficiencies
• Growth – Capitalize on mistakes and learn
from them

“Dweck's research falls into the category of
most of the best of our research into
education, in that it merely ends up
co...

The standard approach

Posters

Assemblies & INSET

A GIFT? HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE?
• Starting playing tennis aged 2.
• Practised 5 days a week; every week.
• By aged 5 play...

Taking it further

Caution - Changing behaviours is hard
Nick Rose – Turnford blog

Caution – The False Growth Mindset
• Don’t oversimplify it.
• Effort = Growth Mindset = success.
• Everyone can be excelle...

Self aware
• Legitimise our fixed mindset – know your
triggers, embrace them, overcome them:
– Facing Challenges: Anxious
...

Tell students the message…

Start the message early

Nudge – don’t shove

I succeed because…

No Lesson Observation grades

Assessment Without Levels

No KS4 target grades

Set themselves long term goals
Benchmark
of Brilliance

Here’s one I prepared last year

Focus on effort

Catch them working hard

Don’t use learning
objectives like:
•All…
•Most…
•Some…

Rethink differentiation

Make redrafting normal

Share excellence

Share excellence

Share excellence

Make feedback manageable &
meaningful

Gallery Critique

Practice it

Use academic language

Change your language
Fulfil your
academic
potential

Change your language
You’re naturally
talented at this

Change your language
Top end
challenge

Change your language
If you get stuck,
go on to the next
one

Change your language
You’ve done really
well, you must be
so clever

Change your language
Never mind, you
tried your best

Change your language
I won’t do that
with this class,
they’re low ability
End

Instead of:
• Low ability
• Middle ability
• High ability
What about:
• Low starter
• Middle starter
• High starter

Is there any evidence to
suggest it’s worth focusing
on?

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FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH

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GROWTH
Whole school
average = 3.9

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GROWTH
Student A,
2.5
57% on or
above

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FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Student B,
2.8
57% on or
above

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FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Student C,
5.5
100% on
or above

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FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Student D,
5.6
83% on or
above

Student E
TP4 Projections

Student E
TP4 Projections
TP5 Projections

Student E
TP4 Projections
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FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
TP5 Projections
5.4

Growth Mindset
Growth Fixed

“Success nourishes them.
They succeed because they
think they can”
- Virgil
@shaun_allison
http://classteaching.wordpress....

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