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Teaching Grit: Persistence, Self-Control and Student Success

Rebecca March—Information Studies MCTC Faculty Development Days February 28, 2014. Teaching Grit: Persistence, Self-Control and Student Success. “Experts to discuss Grit—the secret ingredient to success…”. “Which directions do we give kids to get them in the direction of more grit?”. GRIT.

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Teaching Grit: Persistence, Self-Control and Student Success

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  1. Rebecca March—Information Studies MCTC Faculty Development Days February 28, 2014 Teaching Grit: Persistence, Self-Control and Student Success

  2. “Experts to discuss Grit—the secret ingredient to success…” “Which directions do we give kids to get them in the direction of more grit?” GRIT “Grittier competitors triumph the National Spelling Bee!”

  3. My interest in this… • Positive psychology • “Learned Optimism” • Outlooks can change • Reframe reactions to negative events • GRIT

  4. Grit and Success “What matters is…whether we are able to help (students) develop these traits…” ---Paul Tough in “How Children Succeed…”

  5. What is Grit? “A passionate commitment to a single mission and an unswerving dedication to achieve that mission”—Angela Duckworth • Persistence • Resilience • Curiosity • Conscientiousness • Self-confidence • Self -control

  6. Who has grit? Nature

  7. Who doesn’t have grit… Kids Raised with: • Chronic stress • Adversity • Lack of comforting • Damaged executive functions Lack ability to: • Concentrate • Sit still • Rebound • Follow directions • Deal with confusion and unpredictability • Overcome instinctive reaction • Hold several facts in head at once

  8. Who does and doesn’t have grit? Nurture

  9. Who doesn’t have grit.. Kids that are overpraised! • Shorter task persistence • More checking in with teacher • Answers have intonation of questions

  10. Is intelligence fixed or can it change? Mindsets

  11. “The view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.” --Carol Dweck, Mindset: the New Psychology of Success Fixed Mindset • Intelligence is fixed • Personality is fixed • Born with it • Unchangeable Growth Mindset • Intelligence malleable • Personality malleable • Traits can change and be developed

  12. “Learning is hard. True, learning is fun, exhilarating and gratifying, but it is also daunting, exhausting, and sometimes discouraging.”—Angela Duckworth

  13. Changing Mindsets Developing Grit

  14. Getting Grittier…

  15. Calibrated Meanness!!! • Take them seriously • Believe in their abilities (and get them to believe) • Challenge them to improve themselves

  16. Take them seriously… • Check in • Ask questions • Help with clarity • Help them prepare • Self-authoring

  17. Believe in their abilities… CHALLENGE MINDSETS! • What is intelligence? • What is success? • What is thinking?

  18. Teach them to fail. Teach them to wonder… • Take responsibility • Productive persistence • Permission to wonder

  19. What do you do to foster grit in the classroom? ……Let’s talk

  20. Thanks for joining the discussion today!

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