Growth Mindset

While I have not specifically heard about Carol Dweck and the "growth mindset" with that particular terminology before, I have been exposed to that philosophy in the past, although to limited extents. Specifically, my understanding is that Scandinavian countries tend to impose a more growth-mindset oriented approach to education, explaining why their education systems are much more successful than ours. Having learned more about this mindset through the TED talk, however, I feel that I would definitely be interested in taking on this mindset throughout the rest of my education, both at OU and beyond. As a learner, I learn through making analogies to material in my head, and tend to learn memorization-heavy material (like history) the slowest and with the most discouraged attitude. Hopefully, taking on this mindset will help me tackle these classes with a new attitude, helping me both learn material better and enjoy the material better.

A cat teaching us the wisdom behind failure - while heckling some poor pigeons 
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