This is the final week of this course and we appreciate your perseverance! This week you are going to have the opportunity to think about designing more innovative learning environments for young people. You will see how teachers are planning intellectually and socially engaging practices for learners. You will also extend your thinking about the growth mindset by exploring the notions of perseverance and grit, a quality that is highly correlated with adult success. As well, you are going to think about the important role that both trusting relationships and professional networks play in your development as a teacher. We encourage you to think about the ways in which you are contributing to strengthening relational trust in your settings.
Welcome back to week six.
those ideas are for us as teachers.
Making changes in our practice is not easy.
takes about 40 hours of sustained professional learning and practice.
of the young people that we're working with.
put in the effort and have the right degree of support.
this little boy's name is Caleb.
He's in grade one in an elementary school in Camel River, British Columbia.
had taught it to her learners, taught it to these very young children.
what they see as the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.
and in his hand, he's holding a small action figure.
during the day, he hears himself saying, "I can't.
he will, and he is going to. Some people call this term grit.
And grit is defined as perseverance and passion for long term goals.
beyond that of their normal ability.
was their grit, their zeal, their persistence and their motivation.
This is a picture of the Grouse Grind in British Columbia.
It's a very famous hiking trail outside of Vancouver.
they can run up this incredibly rugged trail.
demonstrating what we call passion and grit.
Also, using another Canadian metaphor, hockey is Canada's great passion game.
players can have a crack at scoring a goal.
in the boards, the game wouldn't progress.
They'll do whatever it takes to get the puck out to the scorers.
In many ways, we think of teachers as grinders.
to do so that my learners can succeed?
grit, and that's the way that we like to think about it.
There's a book by a Canadian journalist called Paul Tough.
interesting piece for parents, and for non-educators to take a look at.
factors help children succeed, especially those living in conditions of poverty.
the kind of failure that's inherent in tackling big challenges, isn't helpful.
a way of helping them see that if they persist, they can succeed.
So, we've used this book with parents.
We think that it's readily accessible.
to take a look at some of the thinking behind this.
the work of Angela Lee Duckworth at the University of Pennsylvania.
on to being a researcher in Pennsylvania.
think about for ourselves as teachers, and also an application for our learners.
you and encourage you to take a look at how you might use these questions.
and think about the learners that you're serving.
that take more than a few months to complete.
New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones."
to your own learning by signing up for this course.
that you're showing in not only taking it on, but following up on it.
Let's take a look at a few more samples.
"I finish what I begin."
And "I've overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge."
of challenge that we're setting for our students.
have enough support so that when it gets hard, they have the resilience to persist?
grit and perseverance is inherent in each of these models.
where a learner takes one particular topic and becomes an expert in it over time.
topic and what a learner can learn from that experience.
importance of learners knowing which strategy to apply to which task.
strategy to apply, or a third, or a fourth.
reflectiveness into our teaching and into our learning.
doing, but they will also build that whole characteristic of grit in our learners.
and very clear learning intentions and clear criteria for success.
Each of these models is directly connected with perseverance.
them to persevere and to develop resilience?
as a learner and yourself as a teacher?
or how you're already doing that.
that trust has on learners. So, we'll look forward to seeing you then.