Below are her
findings:
Some of the strongest performers do not have stratospheric
IQ scores.
Some of the smartest kids aren’t doing so well.
Concepts [in English] are hard, but not impossible. I’m firmly
convinced every one of you can learn these things if you work hard and long
enough.
Doing well in school, and life, depends on much more than
your ability to learn quickly and easily.
Studied which people were successful and why in schools, the
military and private companies. In all contexts there was one constant: grit.
It wasn’t social intelligence, it wasn’t good looks, physical
health or IQ, it was grit.
Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.
Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in and day-out.
Not just for the week, not just for the month but for years. It is working hard
to make the future you want a reality.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Studied Grit in Chicago public schools, she asked thousands
of high school students to take grit questionnaires, waited a year and then saw
who graduated. It turns out ‘grittier’ kids were significantly more likely to
graduate, even when matched on things like family income, standardised test
scores and how safe they felt at school.
So how do we build grit? How do we instil a solid work
ethic? How do we keep them motivated for the long run?
Data shows natural talent doesn’t make you ‘gritty’. In
fact, data shows ‘grit’ is usually unrelated or inversely related to measures
of talent.
The best way to build ‘grit’ in students is something called
‘growth mindset’. This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Dr Carol
Dweck.
This the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed; it
can change with your effort.
Dr Dweck has shown that when kids learn that the brain grows
in response to challenge, they are much more likely to persevere when they fail
because they don’t believe that failure is a permanent condition.
Some things other things I'll look into:
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