#2 A Growth Midset of a Child

After reading the post, The Learning Myth: Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart, I learned a few things from the author that makes me think about my future as a teacher and how I'm going to teach my students. Because I would like to teach younger students, teaching them to have a growth mindset is important for them to grow and take on tasks that will challenge them all throughout their years. I will praise my students for completing work, but I will also encourage and praise them for struggling with harder tasks in order for them to have a growth mindset. Having a growth mindset from a young age helps the children have a more positive attitude towards situations that they might not understand or have a problem with. With a growth mindset, students will know that they struggling in school is okay and doesn't mean that you aren't as smart as everyone else. This type of mindset will be very important in my classroom and hopefully will give the students more confidence in themselves when it comes to school work and when it comes to their self esteem.