Growth mindset: a practical guide

The advantages of primary pupils developing and adopting a growth mindset have been widely discussed in education establishments and many teachers are aware of its benefits.

A practical implementation of growth mindset theories is to understand which learning behaviours are the most effective; resilience, self-motivation and determination are key learning behaviours that, when developed well in a child, will support a lifetime of learning.

Primary children who are independent learners and who want to improve their own learning will naturally make better progress.

But independent learning has to be modelled, encouraged and resources need to be put in place to promote it.

Nikki Willis presents a framework that is easily transferable on how to develop growth mindset in the primary classroom, while ensuring that independent learners are developed with healthy learning attitudes.