Carol Dweck and the RSA
How To Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential
About the speaker
Carol Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and has taught at Columbia and Harvard Universities. She teaches courses in Personality and Social Development, and has made a major impact in the field of implicit theories of intelligence.
The big issue
Carol Dweck shares the results of years of research into how children learn in this fun and insightful animate. Do you have a growth mind-set or a fixed mind-set? Find out how a child’s mind-set can fundamentally affect their learning potential. Even more, how something as simple as the way in which a parent praises their child can create either a growth mind-set or a fixed one – and the affect that has on their education and life chances.
Read the book
Mindset - Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Does praising a child’s intelligence and ability actually diminish his or her chances of success in life? In her revolutionary book, Carol Dweck shows how, with the right mindset, we can motivate our children and raise their grades, and also reach our own personal or professional goals. Find out exactly what can be achieved with the power of the right mindset.
