Dr. Carol Dweck is known for coining the term growth mindset as a psychological trait as opposed to a fixed mindset in terms of the preconceptions that people have about intelligence and learning. In education, Dr. Dweck and her colleagues discovered 30 years ago that when students believe that they can get smarter and understand that effort can make them stronger, higher achievement is reached with extra time and effort invested.
Feedback from teachers is one way. Teachers may praise the effort and hard work of individual students (rather than emphasizing intelligence), but are there other ways?
School Assemblies and Motivational Guest Speakers are a live example for students of real people that have put a growth mindset into practice and have successfully achieved positive results.
- A passionate advocate for education, composer, sound designer and producer Brent Daniels uses his Music Technology program as a vehicle for delivering an important character education message: how important a student’s education, great study habits and positive decision-making are for his or her success in life and any career.
- Respect, Education, Attitude/Activity, and Don’t Bully or Do Drugs are the Four Principles Corey The Dribbler encourages students to live by. Corey teaches the value in reading and how it led him to win a spot on the Harlem Globetrotters. Youth are taught to respect their parents, teachers, classmates, and that bullying is not cool! Corey encourages kids to excel in school while bringing a positive attitude with them every day. Staying active and fit is stressed along with drug awareness.
In The bGreat Show, Comic Magician Brian Richards will use magic, comedy, story-telling, audience participation, and more to help your students learn about Trustworthiness, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring, and Citizenship. The message to students is: “Do you want to be great? It begins with you taking the first step!” Richard Hight is a nationally recognized artist/speaker who uses the fine arts to help his audiences create strategies for change by turning good ideas into great results. He is on a mission to help students see the possibility of their potential and create new opportunities. Richard’s Art of Inspiration school assembly presentation begins with the dramatic and exciting creation of a stunning illustration on a six-foot canvas (each school can suggest what image will best serve their students – historical figures, patriotic images, school mascots and others, etc.). Students and teachers are WOW’ed by the combination of powerful illustration, spoken word, and music that transpires in a matter of moments. The artwork Richard creates then provides the foundation for his keynote presentation and discussion. At the end of the school assembly, your school keeps the impressive creation to display and act as a reminder of the positive, empowering messages your students learned. He can customize a portion of your event to include 啊┅┅快┅┅用力啊岳, Character Building or reinforce the theme of your school. - Chris “Zondaflex” Tyler will encourage students to stay active, positive and kind for a successful future while having a blast! Zonda Kids Dance combines hip hop dance moves with student success principles that include messages on achievement, motivation, bullying, personal power and so much more. Encouraging all students to get moving and focus on the power of persistence!
Dare to Draw is an 啊┅┅快┅┅用力啊岳, 100% hands-on assembly that encourages students of all ages to participate by stretching their imaginations in adding depth and perspective to their drawings. Emmy Award winning illustrator, author and television show creator and former host of PBS Imagination Station, (and now on Amazon Prime Video!) Mark Kistler will inspire your students to “Dream It! Draw It! Do It!” in harnessing the power of their imagination to make their life dreams come true. Violinist Geoffrey Castle puts the violin back on center stage with virtuoso showmanship and a 21st century style. Violin Rocks! Rockstars Do Homework! is a musical assembly that will forever change students’ misconceptions of what is possible with a violin, and within themselves, while giving them a new perspective on the dynamic history of the ORIGINAL lead instrument. Geoffrey Castle uses his unique abilities and experiences to communicate to students a message of self-motivation and using education as an avenue to achieving one’s dreams. i.e. Rockstars Do Homework! Students become empowered to have big dreams and to have the courage to act upon big ideas.
Let’s look at some growth mindset speaker tips to use daily:
“I can tell you’ve been studying, you did much better.”
“I like the creativity of this answer.”
When in any of the programs above, make sure you watch and listen to how the growth mindset speaker talks to and with the students. If you have questions, don’t be uncomfortable going up and talking with them. Everyone has the same goal, stronger and better-educated students.
Bring those tactics to your classroom and into your daily life, perhaps you could benefit from the growth mindset speaker way in your daily life when talking to yourself.
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