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Learning How To Learn
The document discusses how to be successful and learning how to learn. It describes an activity where participants thought about what makes people successful by individually recording their thoughts and sharing ideas with others. It also discusses the power of belief and characteristics of successful people such as beliefs, skills, talents, behaviors, and attributes. Additionally, it covers the concept of growth mindset versus fixed mindset, noting that a growth mindset involves love of challenge, belief in effort, and resilience, which can lead to greater success.
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Learning How To Learn
- 1. Learning How toLearn Mary K. Foster MOBTC, Philadelphia March, 2014
- 2. Activity: How tobe successfulActivity: How to be successful • What: Think about what makes people successful • Why: To learn from each other and role models • How: – Poll – Individually record thoughts – Share ideas – Some facts – Team activity
- 3. A: Your intelligenceis something very basic about you that you can’t change very much. B: No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit. A: Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much. B: No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit. A: You can always change basic things about the kind of person you are. B: You can do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can’t really be changed. A: You can always change basic things about the kind of person you are. B: You can do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can’t really be changed. Dweck, C. S. (2008). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
- 4. What are thecharacteristics of successful people? Beliefs, skills, talents, behaviors, attributes
- 5. THE POWER OFBELIEF VIDEO Eduardo Briceno Ted/X Video
- 6. • What: Thinkabout a time when you had a growth mindset • Why: To learn from your experience and each other • How: – Think about a time when you had a growth mindset – Share your experience – Be sure every team member has a chance to share – What have you learned from these experiences – Be prepared to share your findings Team Activity: How to be successfulTeam Activity: How to be successful
- 7. Mindset Growth Fixed • Loveof challenge • Belief in effort • Resilience in the face of setbacks • Greater (more creative) success • Focused on proving self • Effort/risk may reveal inadequacies • Avoid being evaluated/judged • Less success (less creativity) 7 Dweck, C. S. (2008). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
- 8. Thank you Mary K.Foster mary.foster@morgan.edu MOBTC, Philadelphia March, 2014
Editor's Notes
- #2 Bring for show and tell: Binder of maps and references Example table related to map
- #3 Have you ever felt over whelmed by the amount of data/resources? Are you in search of ways to make your research more efficient, effective, …manageable? I am always looking for tools, ideas, experiences, recommendations …what do people do to be more efficient and effective in their research, writing, and teaching
- #4 The challenge? Keeping track of resources (references, models, ideas…) Organizing Storing Accessing Using Tell story of reading the same article twice, not recognizing it Can remember it, but can’t find it Can’t remember it
- #7 Describe my research/writing process and the tools I use
- #8 Explain how process lead to insight