NSTP- CWTS 1 can use to be mindful about how and

MODULE 3.2 : HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC: why you use them.

THE MINDSET

LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
After studying this module, I as a teacher should
be able to:

 identify the meaning of Mindset

 understand the importance of
mindset as human being;
 coordinate the essentials of
mindset as human being; and
 create an action to fulfill human’
characteristics

TOPIC
OUTLINE
THE MINDSET
ACTIVATING
1. The meaning of Mindset
2. The Importance of Mindset PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
3. The Basic Types of Mindset “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your
thoughts become your words, your words
become your actions, your actions become
OVERVIEW your habits, your habits become your values,
your values become your destiny.” —
Mindsets shape the lives we lead, Mahatma Gandhi
the actions we take and the
future possibilities of the world
we live in. In this module, we
provide an overview of what
mindsets are, why they matter
and explore a range of practices
you can use to be mindful about
how and why you use them.

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In this primer, we’ve explored; what
mindsets are, why they matter and
provided a range of practices you
THE MINDSET
 Objective: Explore on how the mindset we
A mindset refers to whether you believe choose to adopt shapes our future.
qualities such as intelligence and talent are
fixed or changeable traits. ... People with a Reflect on teaching practices in the English
fixed mindset believe that these qualities classroom in choosing literary works to be
are inborn, fixed, and unchangeable. included in a course subject.
Your mindset plays a critical role in how you
cope with life's challenges. Task: Students are assigned to watch ‘Lost
Generation’ and to explore where they feel
One of the most basic beliefs we carry each mindset shows up. Write your
about ourselves, Dweck found in her observation and reflection on a one whole of
research, has to do with how we view and paper.
inhabit what we consider to be our Access to YouTube to watch ‘Lost
personality. Generation’ (2 min)

Tools and resources: Online resources,

Mindset Defined video, laptop
Here are some additional definitions to help
you answer, “What is Mindset?”
1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that THE IMPORTANCE OF
predetermines a person’s responses to MINDSET
and interpretations of situations. (The
Free Dictionary)
2. A mental inclination, tendency, or “It is not primarily our physical selves that
habit. (Merriam-Webster.com – Medical limit us but rather our mindset about our
Dictionary)
physical limits.” — Ellen Langer
3. A person’s usual attitude or mental state
is his or her mindset. (Vocabulary.com) On a personal level, examining mindsets
4. A person’s way of thinking and their
can create subtle yet radical click’s in our
opinions. (Cambridge Dictionary)
5. An attitude, disposition, or mind, when suddenly, new ways of seeing,
mood. (Dictionary.com) being — and ultimately acting become
6. The ideas and attitudes with which a available to us. These liberating shifts can
person approaches a situation, esp when go on to meaningfully transform our lives in
these are seen as being difficult to surprising and fulfilling ways. Cultivating
alter. (World English Dictionary.) this capacity is particularly important when
7. The established set of attitudes held by
engaging in creative activities, or when
someone. (Oxford Dictionary)
participating in innovative processes such
LEARNING as human centred design.
ACTIVITY 1 For some of you, this may be enough of a
Reflection on MINDSET reason to inquire into the nature of your
mindset. There however, a deeper reason to
Who do we choose to be? examine your habits of mind.
“It is not until we see our global problems as
symptoms of one fundamental, deeper-
rooted crisis — the symptoms of our
individual and shared mindset — that we
can begin to mount a more profound
response” — Monica Sharma

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ps/mindsets.html

LEARNING
ACTIVITY 2

“Brainstorming on Everyday mindset

examples”

Objective: To name and share everyday

examples of how each mindset shows up in
your class / group.

Task: Write and share your favorite everyday

examples of how each mindset shows up in our
class / group/individual.

Tools and resources:

Materials — Sheets of paper and an

assortment of coloured pens

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THE TWO BASIC TYPES OF
MINDSET
Fixed or Growth Mindset?’

A “fixed mindset” assumes that our

character, intelligence, and creative ability
are static givens which we can’t change in
any meaningful way, and success is the
affirmation of that inherent intelligence, an
assessment of how those givens measure
up against an equally fixed standard;
striving for success and avoiding failure at
https:// all costs become a way of maintaining the
preview.tinyurl.com/yxgednmo sense of being smart or skilled. A “growth
 mindset,” on the other hand, thrives on much they have learned and developed their
challenge and sees failure not as evidence ability through the activity.
of unintelligence but as a heartening
springboard for growth and for stretching Don’t say: “Well done. You’re really good at
our existing abilities. Out of these two maths.”
mindsets, which we manifest from a very
early age, springs a great deal of our Do say: “That’s great. You tried really hard,
behavior, our relationship with success and and look how well you’ve done.”
failure in both professional and personal
contexts, and ultimately our capacity for It is important to praise the process, not the
happiness talent or ability.

Mindsets in action: The Tortoise and the

Hare

There are two ways to view intelligence or

Remember the story of the tortoise and the
ability:
hare?

● words, we are born with a certain level of The hare was so certain that he would win that
ability and we cannot change that. This is he sat down and went to sleep during the race.
called a fixed mindset.
The tortoise just plodded on and kept going,
● We can develop our ability through hard
always thinking that he had a chance of winning.
work and effort. This is called a growth When the hare woke, he started running as fast
mindset. as he could, but he was just too late: the tortoise
These two different beliefs lead to different had won.
behaviour, and also to different results. For
The hare had a fixed mindset. He believed that
example, students with a growth mindset
his innate ability would always mean that he
were shown to increase their grades over
would win whatever he did.
time. Those who believed that their
intelligence was ingrained did not; in fact, The tortoise had a growth mindset. He believed
their grades got worse. that he needed to work hard and keep going if he
was to win. He was also not afraid of failure or
he would never have agreed to race the hare.
Having a growth mindset (the belief that you
are in control of your own ability, and can
learn and improve) is the key to success.
Yes, hard work, effort, and persistence are
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having that underlying belief that you are in .html
control of your own destiny.

This is why you should never praise children

by talking about their ability, but instead
describe the effort that they put in, and how
 Tools and resources: Reading references

Congratulations! You can now proceed to the

module that would guide you in having a
perspective with great mindset.

LEARNING
ACTIVITY 3

Objective: Differentiate between growth and

fixed mindset.

Task: Rate your own perspective between the

two basic basic mindset. (20 points)

What Is Your Mindset?

Do you have a fixed or growth mindset?Start

reading the following statements and
decide which ones you agree with most.

1. People have a certain amount of

intelligence, and there isn't any way
to change it.
2. No matter who you are, there isn't
much you can do to improve your
basic abilities and personality.
3. People are capable of changing who
they are.
4. You can learn new things and
improve your intelligence.
5. People either have particular talents,
or they don't. You can't just acquire
talent for things like music, writing,
art, or athletics.
6. Studying, working hard, and
practicing new skills are all ways to
develop new talents and abilities.

If you tend to agree with statements 1, 2,

and 5, then you probably have a more fixed
mindset. If you agree with statements 3, and
4, 6, however, then you probably tend to
have a growth mindset.
 SUMMARY
Let us see if you can remember the main
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Mindset -- a strong and positive one -- is
essential to developing healthy self-esteem. It is
an important tool that affects our daily self- Prepared by:
dialogue and reinforces our most intimate
beliefs, attitudes and feelings about ourselves. KRIS ANN B. RAGOS, LPT
In school, a growth mindset can JOE REY E. LOCQUIAO
contribute to greater achievement and Faculty, National Service Training Program
increased effort. When facing a problem such
as trying to find a new job, people with growth
mindsets show greater resilience. They are
more likely to persevere in the face of setbacks
while those with fixed mindsets are more liable
to give up.

We live in turbulent times. Everyone is

facing increasingly urgent and deeply
interrelated challenges they haven’t faced
before. Collectively, we are facing an ever-
growing number of social and ecological crises
that continue to intensify and worsen. The
ultimate source of today's great challenges —
the primary root cause that creates all of our
crises in the first place — is also our
mindsets. All of today's great global problems
are consequences of reliving unexamined habits
of mind.

Thus, the deeper reason to examine our

mindset is so we can mount a self-aware
response to the great challenges of our day. We
simply can’t respond to our personal and global
problems in a meaningful way unless we also
learn how to examine our mindsets as an
integral part of how we live our lives.

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