Dweck's research on mindset is solid, although the book *Mindset* is written for a general audience (highly readable prose and all the citations in footnotes buried in the back).
I wrote a teaching tip based on Dweck's work (and the *Mindset* book) that summarized the work and suggests how it might apply to learning in higher education: http://uwf.edu/cutla/publications/TeachingTip5.pdf The core idea in Dweck's work is that success and expertise are based on hard work, deliberate practice, and excellent, timely feedback from a knowledgeable coach. Certainly not the "easy fix" preferred by most consumers of "pop science" who might mistake the title to imply that one simply needs to have positive thoughts to excel. :-) The problem we all face is the mass of students who bought into the "talent" myth: They believe if you don't have "talent," you should find something else to do when learning something begins to require serious effort. This myth gives short shrift to the importance of persistence and deliberate practice, which the research on expertise (e.g., Ericsson) indicates is critical for high levels of performance. Claudia _____________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been receiving emails about educational webinars featuring Dweck and > the ideas promoted in her book "Mindset: How We Can Learn to Fulfill Out > Potential". I have a couple of questions: > > (1) Has anyone read it? The description on Amazon appears to indicate > that > it is a pop psych book for "success-oriented" people (perhaps like books on > the effective habits of successful people) but how much is hype and how > much > is really research based? > > (2) Companies providing educational seminars seem to be promoting Dweck's > book and work, it seems to me that it is oriented to the pre-college > crowd, so, > has anyone at the college level tried to implement Dweck's recommendations? > What have been the results? Is there something here that all teachers > should > be aware of and use in their teaching? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/**u?id=13144.** > 1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d5**50&n=T&l=tips&o=26004<http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=26004> > or send a blank email to leave-26004-13144.** > 1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d5**[email protected]<leave-26004-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26005 or send a blank email to leave-26005-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
