Independence-Growth Mindset - Staff Meeting 3rd December
1. ZEST for Learning
A Thirst
for Learning flows
from Independence and
having a Growth Mindset
Roding Valley High School
Staff Meeting 3rd December 2013
2. This is the answer what's the
question?
Hitler
•45 %
3. Independent learning
is a process, a method and a
philosophy of education whereby a
learner acquires knowledge by his or
her own efforts and develops the
ability for enquiry and critical
evaluation.
• Philip Candy
5. Give a man a fish and you feed him
for the day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed
him for a lifetime.
Chinese Proverb
6. Why Independent Learning ?
• “An attitude shortage is at least as bad
as a skills shortage…. CBI members said
that motivation, commitment to high
quality work and a desire to learn were
more important than communication,
numeracy and team working”
Adair Turner
Head of the CBI
7. 50% of employers are worried about literacy
and numeracy but 70% are more worried about
lack of emotional inteligence
Spoonfed students struggle
with A levels and degrees
Telegraph
The illiterate of the 21st Century are those
that can’t learn how to learn.
It is predicted that 90% of jobs 5 year olds
will be doing when they leave school are
yet to be invented.
Addicted to praise –
wafer thin confidence Dweck
8. Deep and lasting motivation to
learning happens when :
• Learners explore and understand the ‘how’ of
learning
• Learners take responsibility for and have
ownership and control of their own learning and
achievements
• Learners take on roles that involve responsibility
and success of others
• Learners create a worthwhile product through
the learning process
Taken from A New Design for Learning Harris Foundation 2011
9. LO : To know the parts of a circle
Activity
• Describe what you see in enough detail to
enable your learning partner to make an
accurate drawing of the parts of a circle.
10. Creating independent learners
An increase in the amount of effort
in a school must surely have the
inverse effect on the student effort
11. The transition from dependent to independent
learner
Dependent Learners
Independent Learners
• Needing direct staff instructions
•
Make decisions about their
learning
• A preoccupation with getting
things right, marks and grades.
•
Are focused on having a go,
learning incrementally from errors
• Concern for getting the correct
answer, with less regard for how
they have got there.
• Are keen to understand the
method and process rather
than just the right answer
• Getting better means a focus on
becoming a better performer,
higher marks or grades
• Getting better means
improving as a learner and
making progress
• Satisfied only by task
completion, thinking “I just need
to get it done”
•
Satisfied by effort and progress,
and are able to see the bigger
picture.
13. Achievement Mindsets
Fixed Mindset
Achievement Means proving you are smart
Being smart
Means that you are making no
mistakes
A setback or Leads to loss of confidence
mistake
Growth Mindset
Means that you are learning and
stretching
Means that you are confronting a
challenge and making progress
Indicates an area for growth
Is defined as being the best and
based on talent
Is defined as working hard to become
your best and is based on motivation
Means it’s time to give up
Means it’s time to work harder
Feedback
Is threatening, as it provides
good or bad news about
precious traits
Is welcomed, as it provides useful
directions toward areas to work on
Talented
Peers
Become grounds for feeling
threatened and jealous
Are a source of inspiration
Success
A bad grade
14. Independent Learners
• are clear about what, how and why they are learning and
how to be successful
• ask great questions
• work independently and collaboratively without the need of
a lot of teacher direction
• are curious, enthusiastic and want to know more
• use information and technology actively to solve problems
and come up with ideas
• develop strategies to overcome difficulty and use them
• re-draft, revise, rethink –improving their own learning
• justify their decisions
• explain their own thinking
How can we
• review and evaluate as part of normal practice
promote
these
features?
17. RESILIENT
• I can stick at something
• I can set targets and practise
• I have a positive attitude
• I find interest in what I am doing
I AM A RESILIENT LEARNER
18. RESPONSIBLE
• I can work well in a team
• I plan ahead
• I get on with it
• I know right from wrong
I AM A RESPONSIBLE LEARNER
19. REASONING
• I choose the best method
• I can say which is better and why
• I can gather all the evidence
• I take time to do things properly
I AM A REASONING LEARNER
20. RESOURCEFUL
• I learn in different ways
• I use my imagination
• I take risks
• I ask good questions
I AM A RESOURCEFUL LEARNER
21. REFLECTIVE
• I learn from my mistakes
• I listen to different opinions
• I ask why?
• I stay calm
I AM A REFLECTIVE LEARNER
23. We need to …..
Identify the knowledge, skills, attitudes
and experiences that a great
independent learner at our school
would demonstrate
Plan to include these in every lesson
Make sure it permeates through the
whole of Roding Valley High School
