Higher education psychology teacher of the year: Finalist case study 2019

Abstract

Encouraging students to ‘believe that they can achieve’ is a central element to teaching. The belief that it is our efforts and techniques, rather than our innate abilities which lead to success has a positive impact on learning behaviours. As such, I strive to promote this malleable view of intelligence (or growth mindset) in my students via my teaching practices. In this brief article, I outline how I use feedback, a growth mindset intervention and a literacy intervention to achieve this. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)