The power of 'yet'

 

               Growth mindset is a self-perception or “self-theory” that people hold about themselves. Believing that you are either “intelligent” or “unintelligent” is a simple example of a mindset.

In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work brains and talent are just the starting point

I had a teacher when I was elementary school who is Aytaç Taşdelen. Aytaç hoca always were saying that you can not blame your intelligence because of your failures because intelligence is only a tool to success. The main tool is your  willpower to success. You should believe yourself to deal with errors. Do not afraid of being unsuccessful. He was saying us that do not give up and effort to learn. During this process, you will understand that errors are temporary. They support you to learn what you do not know. You only should understand how to use them. 

                Advices of Aytaç hoca effected us very much. After that, we saw errors as a friend who make corrections in our experiments. Also, our self-confidence increased because we learned that our main problem is below our failures.

                I think that everyone can have growth mindset. It depends on the willpower.

#takeaimandsuccess

Constructivism in Education

                

Constructivism reveals an idea that learners construct knowledge for themselves, each learner individually and socially construct meaning as she/he learns.

              

                 There is a teacher who is called Sarabinh Levy-Brightman. She helps competing teams prepare for a class debate on Jacksonian demcracy. Sarabinh apply constructivist learning philosophy on her students. I think that Sarabinh’s approach is consistent with a constructivist learning philosophy because she let her students to reveal their own idea about any subject. Also, students make their own process to prepare their individual idea.

                

                    The best process for a student is the process which is made by him. Constructivism gives students ownership of what they learn since learning is based on students’ questions and explorations, and often the students have a hand in designing the assessment as well. Constructivist assessment the students’ initiatives and personal investments in their journals, research, reports.  Furthermore, constructivist learning is transferable. In constructivist classrooms, students create organizing principles that they can take with them to other learning settings.    

     On the other hand, there are also some disadvantages of Constructivism. The Constructivism curriculum eliminates standardized testing and grades. This eliminates grade-centered goals and rewards as well as the comparisons of student state-wide or district-specific progress. Also, the training necessary for constructive teaching is extensive and often requires costly long-term Professional development.