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Over the past few months, I have been spending a lot of my learning time figuring out what growth mindset is and how it can be useful to students in my classroom. Here is a short TED Talk to catch you up! All of my learning on this topic was fresh on my mind when I took my children to see "Finding Dory." During this movie (which is awesome by the way), I had ahas about what Growth Mindset can mean to us as learners. So, here is what I learned about Growth Mindset from "Finding Dory".
JUST KEEP SWIMMING Even when things get hard, it is important for us to just keep on going. Eventually things will work out even when it isn't going as we planned. When we get frustrated, we can just keep going. When we get mad, we can just keep going. THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY For those of us that are planners, it is difficult for us to see that there is always another way when plan A doesn't work out. But Dory reminds us that there is always another way. Plan B, C, D, or even Z may be way better than our original plan. WHAT WOULD DORY DO? We all bring unique gifts and perspectives to problems. In the movie, Marlin had this aha and approached his challenges in a different way when he thought about what Dory would do. Who inspires you to think differently? How can you use this to get unstuck? MOMMY LIKES PURPLE SHELLS Making connections helps us learn. How do we build on these and our strengths to find unique solutions to our challenges?
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