Upon the inspection of the two articles, Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research , Carol Dweck Says (Carol Dweck) and The Perils of "Growth Mindset Education" [...] (Alfie Kohn), they both reflect the ideas of fixed mindset and growth mindsets from two different perspectives. It’s great to be exposed to different arguments because it helps to prevent a bias point of view. In the article “Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says”, the author explains that a Stanford University psychology professor named Carol Dweck discovered two different mentalities in students including “growth mindset” and “fixed mindset”. In the article, it is explained that the professor has studied and tested her theory of the two mindsets’ progressiveness and has concluded from her studies that students with a growth mindset have a better chance of success than students with a fixed mindset. It is later described that the educator’s discoveries have lead to widespread knowledge to many classrooms and has in fact changed status quo throughout the educational environment.
“The perils of ‘Growth Mindset’ education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system” is an article, unlike the first one, is presented in a first person perspective and argues against Dweck’s idea of “growth mindset”. Alfie Kohn, the author quarrels in resistance to the widespread “cultural meme” as he describes it, by injecting his belief that the “growth mindset” hypothesis is a failure based on a 2010 study linked in his post. He goes on to imply that the solution for students’ academic achievements is to fix the educational system by engaging in the consultation of the children’s work and inviting to search for more answers. More of his personal beliefs are implanted throughout his thesis then ends with his conclusion that a “mindset will get you only so far.”. In a fixed mindset, the person believes that their intelligence is a fixed trait as part of a genetic happenstance, therefore cannot be improved. In a growth-mindset, the person believes that their intelligence can be improved from effort. I myself have a growth mindset because I do believe that intelligence is based on environmental upbringings and influences. Intelligence can be changed at least somewhat from skill expansion techniques. Although Scientists are not completely sure if genetics are a factor in an individual’s cognitive levels based on my searches, that is not to say that it cannot be somehow changed at least insignificantly.
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