Rebecca Campbell shares about the power of mindset.

Podcast notes

Mindset

Guest: Dr. Rebecca Campbell

Recommended by Michelle Miller, from episode #026.

Associate Professor of Education and the Director and Department Chair for Academic Transition Programs at Northern Arizona University.

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.  – Christopher Robin

Background on mindset

• Early introductions
• Dissertation work on a piece: epistemological beliefs – where knowledge comes from.
• “You either get it or you don’t.”

Growth vs fixed mindset

Isn’t about teaching differently, but about framing the conversation differently. – Rebecca Campbell

Performance barriers

A better way of describing those things holding students back from academic achievement

How to help students achieve more of a growth mindset

• Normalize help-seeking behavior: supplemental instruction, tutoring, writing centers, office hours, peers
• Help seeking behavior is a big deal

The shift between high school and college is pretty big. – Rebecca Campbell

… students come and arrive with lots of incoming characteristics. None of these things have to be overcome, in order for them to be successful.

• How they engage in learning. How they leverage help-seeking behaviors. << That’s what defines student success.

These processes can be guided, coached, mentored and taught. – Rebecca Campbell

When we make the processes explicit, we make effort explicit and we are saying everyone can grow if you engage in the right processes. – Rebecca Campbell

We can guide students about the process of learning.

Recommendations

Bonni recommends:

• TED Talk  |  Brain Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice
• Rebecca will be using his book for the freshman reading group this year:
• Just Mercy, by Brian Stevenson
• Chronicle blog post about the freshmen reading groups

Rebecca recommends:

Be kind to students. Don’t make assumptions. – Rebecca Campbell

More on performance barriers

Reframing the conversation

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