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Our first email will look closely at the outline of what learning mindsets are and how to identify them in a learning environment.
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Topic: Learning Mindsets & Skills Explained


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Learn what Learning Mindsets are and how to identify them in a learning environment.


Our first email will look closely at the outline of what learning mindsets are and how to identify them in a learning environment. We asked leading mindset and education experts to give us their definition of learning mindsets, their responses will be included in the video documentary below.

As you make your way through the email’s materials, take some notes on the things that you hear and how they are coming across. Ask yourself if you agree with the content that is being presented. What do you agree or disagree with and why?

“Learning Mindsets Explained” Short Documentary

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Featured Materials


Below is a preview of some of the additional readings, videos, comics, and other resources to enhance your learning regarding this email’s topic. You can review these materials in full by going to the course landing page.

 
 

PODCAST: Camille Farrington Talks about Mindsets
A podcast interview with Dr. Camille Farrington, who discusses her take on mindsets as well as her keynote address at the 2015 Deeper Learning conference held at High Tech High.

  

ARTICLE: Mindsets in Student Agency
This article by Eduardo Briceño gives an outline of growth mindset work, as well its role within the larger framework of learning mindsets and skills.

Activity: Assess Your Own Setting
 

Instructions


Using the theory and concepts you learned in this email’s materials, assess where you see the learning community is at your school or educational setting. Capture an artifact (e.g. interview with a student/faculty member, photograph of student work, feedback to a student, etc) that will help to present this finding.

Along with your artifact, prepare a written reflection (100-300 words) that describes why you chose the artifact to represent the current state of Learning Mindsets & Skills within your community. At the conclusion of your reflection, post a “wondering” about avenues for Learning Mindsets & Skills improvement that may be possible within your community.
 

Feedback (Optional)


You can grade your assignment yourself, or have a willing peer take a look. Grade your assignment based on the answer to these questions:
  • Was an artifact submitted in the form of a written transcript, video, or photograph?
  • Was a reflection (100-300 words) submitted along with the artifact?
  • Did the reflection describe how the artifact submitted was indicative of Learning Mindsets & Skills within a learning environment?
  • Try and use the following sentence for feedback: “Your wondering about Learning Mindsets & Skills within your learning environment could improve if [insert feedback here]."

Activity Models




Student Activity Models
If you need inspiration, look at the student models provided within the document above to see how others completed this assignment.

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