1.

Mindset what it is and general resources

Videos

Jeremy and Rachel TEDx talk (18mins)

Eduardo Briceno summary of mindset -

(10 mins)

Fixed vs growth summary animation of
poster
Great video animation created by a
school to explain mindsets

Carol Dweck summarising mindsets with
Khan Academy (3 mins)

Carol Dweck and Angela Lee Duckworth
on NBC news with panel debate after (45
mins)

Understanding Talent (2 mins) from
Institute of Sport, Scotland

https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=PeDeOwSAoro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc

Blogs/Web/
Articles

3 minute animation of Growth vs fixed

mindset using tortoise and the hare
analogy. Really good intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brpkjT9m2Oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07J7op_wVUg&feature=youtu.be

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wh0OS4MrN3E

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/49155462#49155462

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=understanding+talent+institute+of+sport&FORM=HDR
SC3&adlt=strict#view=detail&mid=E226C641426663549FB1E226C641426663549FB1

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-_oqghnxBmY

How one school has implemented growth http://chrishildrew.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/becoming-a-growth-mindset-school/

mindset


And another schools approach including http://ashleyloynton.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/set-your-mind-to-it-exploring-growth-
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Huntingdon Schools approach to whole

school growth mindset (see also their
SDP) Great summary of mindsets plus
resource links to how to change it,
measure it

Centre for Confidence and Well Being
section on Mindsets

Excellence and Growth Schools Newtork.
Blogs, info and contacts from schools
doing it!

School Prezi presentation on introduction
to Mindset

Academic article on Mindset and
Resilience, bullying (Yeager and Dweck)

mindset-ideas/

http://blog.mimio.com/the-growth-mindset

http://www.centreforconfidence.co.uk/flourishing-lives.php?pid=454

http://egschoolsnetwork.wordpress.com/about/

http://prezi.com/ycvvrqd3ni62/growth-mindset-student-launch/

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00461520.2012.722805


http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/05/heres-why-believing-people-can-change-is-so-important-in-
(summary of article)
life.php

General info and more links to videos and https://sites.google.com/site/denverfellowresources/engineering-docs/engineering-
articles to use with students
permissions-list



Becoming a growth mindset school
http://chrishildrew.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/becoming-a-growth-mindset-school/


Huntingdon School, York on
http://growmindsets.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/its-been-128-days-since-my-last-blog/
implementing a growth mindset culture
and their journey. Lots of great ideas.


Blog including summary of mindsets and http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/new-research-students-benefit-from-learning-that-
PERTS (Project for Education Research
intelligence-is-not-fixed/?hootPostID=1acbe1acd82173e06fca7f2fdfdcd903
that Scales)

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Mindset Works summary of up to date
things going on

Growth Mindset and deeper learning

article, with video

Questions to ask to promote thinking

about how to change mindsets, plus 2
min video on child with stutter taking a
risk

Belief about stress summary

Mindsets and writing

http://community.mindsetworks.com/blog-page/home-blogs/entry/enter-the-new-growth-
mindset-educator-contest

https://www.teachingchannel.org/deeper-learning-playlist-growth
mindset/?utm_content=bufferbc10a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_ca
mpaign=buffer
https://www.smore.com/2bpub-mindset-matters

http://www.fulfillmentdaily.com/one-stress-management-intervention-will-ever-need/

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/intrinsic-motivation-growth-mindset-writing-amy-conley


Khan academy reading the article is an https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/95208400815/the-learning-myth-why-ill-
intervention, plus a video
never-tell-my-son-hes


Jo Boaler, prof of maths education,
http://youcubed.org/teachers/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Mathematics-of-Hope-Paper.pdf
Stanford, on maths and growth mindset. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gw6rh
Also see radio 4 interview with her (Radio
16.21 mins on synapses and mistakes,
22.38 mins on beliefs about ability)


Great blog on becoming a growth
http://joeybagstock.wordpress.com/2014/09/13/how-do-you-explain-a-concept-like-growth-
mindset school. Includes experiment of
mindset/
drawings and video



Vale of Leven School website been

implementing growth mindset for 6 years http://www.scottishschools.info/valeoflevenacademy/
and whole section on mindsets, including
videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLfZiDvcXiE
Video of Nick Quail (deputy head)

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Books / Posters

presenting on Mindsets in their school(

45 mins)

Description of mindset and links to other
areas of supporting psychology, but a
warning about implementing growth
mindset at scale

Series of articles including what, how
and why posters of growth mindset

http://evidenceintopractice.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/growth-mindset-its-not-magic/

http://growthmindsetjourney.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

Mindset by Carol Dweck

Growth Mindset Pocketbook by Barry
Hymer & Mike Gershon

Mindsets in the Classroom Mary Cay
Ricci

Chew Valley have designed posters with
role models and quotes you can
download from here

http://echewcation.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/growth-mindset-posters/

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2. The Brain

Videos

The Learning Brain to use with students

7 minutes

Robert Winston (3 mins) on synapses and
how we learn

Ned the Neuron great clip for infants &
juniors about neuroplasticity

Robert Winston on visualisation with a
gymnast and brain

Short animation and narration about
neuroplasticity

How the brain works short animation
video

https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=cgLYkV689s4

Brain curriculum for primary students

Resources for brain based learning can
download a whole booklet for free by
putting in email address

http://t.co/W3lu4gh7Gg

Blogs/Web
/Articles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEwg8TeipfQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7FdMi03CzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD06AfbmFlY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELpfYCZa87g&index=2&list=PLwrHA9rJu3ybuh85eQ6CTLl
C67iQpbY8_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSzsI5aGcK4&list=PLwrHA9rJu3ybuh85eQ6CTLlC67iQpbY8
_

Books

http://www.edutopia.org/brain-based-learning-strategies-resource-guide

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3. Feedback

Videos

Blogs/Web
/Articles

Students giving critique on a young childs http://t.co/jDpC0GyUrR

drawing of a butterfly Austins Butterfly

Books

Peer feedback includes Austins

Butterfly video
An example of putting this into practice:

http://www.learningspy.co.uk/assessment/improving-peer-feedback-with-public-critique/

http://headguruteacher.com/2014/09/26/improving-the-basics-inspired-by-austin/

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4. Failure, mistakes, resilience, persistence (never say cant), yet, role models


Videos

Man with no arms and how he copes

Girl with no arms (Jennifer the gymnast)

Derek Sivers on why making mistakes and
failing is important for learning only
pictures (includes Michael Jordan clip,
and explicit discussion of mindsets, praise
experiment and decline of performance,
implication of fm praise, process of
Picasso doing a picture and process of
learning and importance of showing
people our mistakes, learning to sing, no
such thing as failure if everything is an
experiment, pottery experiment)

Sesame Street on the Power of YET

http://www.upworthy.com/this-guy-is-going-to-show-you-one-of-the-most-important-things-
you-can-teach-your-kids-10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdmXsQMmBc

James Dyson (2 mins) story re failure and

persistence

Angela Lee Duckworth on grit

Summary of famous failures short and
sweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhxcFGuKOys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeUvZvuvAs

http://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/

https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8
https://www.youtube.com/embed/zLYECIjmnQs

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Meet the Robinsons - very short clip

from the film

Michael Jordan on how failure means he
has succeeded

Honda The power of dreams failure:
The Secret to success (3 mins)

Honda (8 mins)

Dweck on yet

Article and 20 min video on why you

should never give up

How being a straight A student does not
guarantee success

Blogs/Web
/Articles

Persistence, you can do anything.

Examples of failures, determination etc.

https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=TNXr5Alytg4

https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=JA7G7AV-LT8

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Honda+the+secrets+of+success&docid=608042274201
995947&mid=B84958C29C6E1D43BA36B84958C29C6E1D43BA36&view=detail&FORM=VIRE7&
adlt=strict#view=detail&mid=B84958C29C6E1D43BA36B84958C29C6E1D43BA36

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Honda+the+secrets+of+success&docid=608018291103
042302&mid=74FEE5F1D06B4177D08E74FEE5F1D06B4177D08E&view=detail&FORM=VIRE3&a
dlt=strict#view=detail&mid=74FEE5F1D06B4177D08E74FEE5F1D06B4177D08E

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAde4nIIm8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZyAde4nIIm8

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/interview-with-nobel-prize-winner-professor-sir-john-
gurdon
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/can-a-perfect-run-of-a-gcse-grades-
dictate-how-the-rest-of-your-life-will-pan-out-8761839.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eiJM5y6-9A

Books/posters

How to fail art

http://doodlealley.com/2012/10/10/be-friends-with-failure/

I cant do this story for children about

Fortitude

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cant-This-Concept-Growth-
Mindset/dp/0992747708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411934585&sr=8-

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A3 posters to download (Osiris

Educational)

1&keywords=i+can%27t+do+this

http://osiriseducational.co.uk/mindsets/famous-growth-mindsets/

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5. Praise

Videos

Carol Dweck and Lisa Blackwells

experiment with children on praise 3
mins

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=YouTube+Carol+Dweck+Ted&Form=VQFRVP&adlt=stri
ct#view=detail&mid=594E61C45CE46FAF1AF2594E61C45CE46FAF1AF2

The Perils and Promises of Praise (Dweck

article)

How not to talk to your kids (Po Bronsen

Article)

Dweck on the gifted curse (2 mins)

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct07/vol65/num02/The-Perils-and-
Promises-of-Praise.aspx

http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/

Blogs/Web/
Articles

Books

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HG_ydu1lrew

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6. Effort

Videos

Effort grades provided in this blog

Books

http://www.edulike.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/putting-growth-mindset-into-practice.html?m=1

Blogs/Web/
Articles

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7. General Education and Learning

Videos

Brain development especially adolescence

and how we were born to learn

Sir Ken Robinson on how to change
education

Audio of John Hattie on Radio 4 The
Educators

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falHoOEUFz0

Blogs/Web/
Articles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEsZOnyQzxQ&feature=youtu.be

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dmxwl

Interesting take on people finding passions, http://powertothelearner.com/post/653655757/how-do-we-help-students-find-their-

strengths and struggle.
passion-a


Debate article on grit and whether it can or http://www.npr.org/2014/03/17/290089998/does-teaching-kids-to-get-gritty-help-them-get-
should be taught
ahead?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite


Resources for schools about learning from https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwxHzlHizGgWUUZCLUtDZEo0VFE/preview
MOOC (Jon Buckland advised) - for

students

for teachers
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwxHzlHizGgWUjNQakJjSWRNbkE/preview


Long paper from USA Education about
http://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/publications/oet-grit-report_updated.pdf
promoting grit, tenacity and perseverance
Feb 2013




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Books

Below is a table of picture books which promote the growth mindset. I have not checked them all to see if they do actually do this, so if you use
any and think they are questionable, please let me know.
A is for Awesome
Almost
Beautiful Oops!
Dot
Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
Going Places
I Can be Anything
If You Hold a Seed
Ish
Lily the Unicorn
Make Magic Do Good
Mermaid and the Shoe
Miss Maple's Seeds
Mistakes that Worked
Most Magnificent Thing
OK Book
One
Someday
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
Two
What Do You Do With an Idea?
You be You
Zero

Dallas Clayton
Richard Torrey
Barney Salzberg
Peter Reynolds
Chris Raschka
Mark Pett
Peter Reynolds
Jerry Spinelli
Elly McKay
Peter Reynolds
Dallas Clayton
Dallas Clayton
K.G. Cambpell
Eliza Wheeler
Charlotte Jones
Ashley Spires
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Kathryn Otoshi
Eileen Spinelli
Patty Lovell
Kathryn Otoshi
Kobi Yomada
Linda Kranz
Kathryn Otoshi
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