Monthly Archives: July 2018

Persistence – Growth Mindset and Grit

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This week we will be focussing on having a Growth Mindset. I have written about the concept of Growth Mindset on this blog before, but in order to grow and succeed, it is important to keep working on things, to keep trying, to try new things and literally grow your brain. Having a growth mindset is about attitude too and not giving up when something seems too hard.

Grit is about having the courage and strength to keep trying, even when things are challenging. I guess you could think of grit as being like stamina.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q6a_rD85X0

Can you think of an example of when you have used Grit and/or a growth mindset?

Self Belief

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Self-Belief and Gender Equity.

This topic is an important component of  Respectful Relationships teaching because research shows that children become aware of gender norms at an early age and as they learn about gender they may also begin to enact sexist values, beliefs and attitudes such as insisting that some games are for boys and some for girls. This means it is important to commence work on building positive gender relationships within these early years.

Classroom activities can be used to help children explore gender identity, challenge stereotypes and to learn to value and show respect for diversity and difference. We can examine gender stereotypes through literature and we can model respect for everyone, regardless of their differences or gender.

People who show respect for others have self belief and they give others the opportunity to have self belief.