Growth Mindset and Education

I had never heard of Carol Dweck before watching these videos. I find the topic very interesting and relevant and am very interested in learning more about it. I have always believed that people can succeed in anything they choose just as long as they fully put their minds to it and work hard and with the right attitude. Dweck's idea on growth mindset would support that. If this idea could be applied to the education system of today with truly good teachers then I completely believe that students would learn more because they would not be afraid of their efforts not being enough and would be more willing to work hard because of that. However this would not guarantee that all students would learn as well as others. Each and every one of us has a preferred learning method. There are auditory learners, visual learners and hands-on learners and different learning speeds on top of that as well as different strengths. Because of all these different methods of learning. I do not believe that one system can truly benefit all of them in one class time. Dave Paunesku brings up a good point about this. He mentions that a student failing to learn cannot be blamed all on the student for it is the system behind education that is responsible for teaching students. And I completely agree with that statement. I have heard of an idea where there would be different classes or even different schools for the different learning styles. This is an interesting idea but I'm not sure how practical it would be in reality. Where would you find all the teachers to teach for the specific styles? Oklahoma already has too few teachers for the number of students and I'm sure other states have the same issue. Maybe the first thing to consider is how to get qualified people to teach at public schools and make sure those teachers know how to create a good learning environment for students. And, of course, attract more teachers to the public schools in order to decrease class sizes and make the students feel more included.

"If you only focus on the problem you might miss the easy solution" - (source)