Course

Developing a Growth Mindset Among Your Students

This course explains the concept of growth mindset and describes strategies for how to engender it among your students. 

This course has been developed with Professor Steve Joordens from the University of Toronto, Canada and includes short videos, a self assessment quiz and discussion prompts. When completed you will:

  • Understand what growth mindset is and how it can help your students to become successful lifelong learners.
  • Have a better sense of how to instil a growth mindset in your students.
  • Be equipped with a range of practical ideas to help you develop a growth mindset among your students.

What’s InSIDE

  • 20 minutes
  • 7 Lessons
  • 1 Quiz
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