Quotes About Learning

There's an assumption," he said, "that schools are for students' learning. Well, why aren't they just as much for teachers' learning?

There were two meanings to ability, not one: a fixed ability that needs to be proven, and a changeable ability that can be developed through learning

What are the consequences of thinking that your intelligence or personality is something you can develop, as opposed to something that is a fixed, deep-seated trait?

test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

When people believe their basic qualities can be developed, failures may still hurt, but failures don't define them. And if abilities can be expanded—if change and growth are possible—then there are still many paths to success.

People with the growth mindset know that it takes time for potential to flower.

it's not about immediate perfection. It's about learning something over time: confronting a challenge and making progress.

growth mindset: a zest for teaching and learning, an openness to giving and receiving feedback, and an ability to confront and surmount obstacles.

We also know that there is a mindset that helps people cope well with setbacks, points them to good strategies, and leads them to act in their best interest.

It's the parents who respond to their children's setbacks with interest and treat them as opportunities for learning who are transmitting a growth mindset to their children.

It's the parents who respond to their children's setbacks with interest and treat them as opportunities for learning who are transmitting a growth mindset to their children. These parents think setbacks are good things that should be embraced, and that setbacks should be used as a platform for learning. They address the setback head-on and talk to their children about the next steps for learning.

But isn't potential someone's capacity to develop their skills with effort over time? And that's just the point. How can we know where effort and time will take someone? Who

We can choose partner, make friends, hire people who make us feel faultless. But think about it – do you never want to grow? Next time you're tempted to surround yourself with worshippers, go to church.

Just because someone can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.

see failure not as a sign of stupidity but as a lack of experience and skill. (Seth Abrams)

scientists are learning that people have more capacity for lifelong learning and brain development than they ever thought.

They know how to take tests and get A's but they don't know how to do this—yet. They forget the yet.

In one world, failure is about having a setback. Getting a bad grade. Losing a tournament. Getting fired. Getting rejected. It means you're not smart or talented. In the other world, failure is about not growing. Not reaching for the things you value. It means you're not fulfilling your potential.

a fixed ability that needs to be proven, and a changeable ability that can be developed through learning.

However, this point is crucial: The growth mindset does allow people to love what they're doing -- and to continue to love it in the face of difficulties.

when you teach children to measure themselves from their success, they then measure themselves from their failure as well. Finally,

What did they know? They knew that human qualities, such as intellectual skills, could be cultivated through effort. And that's what they were doing—getting smarter. Not only weren't they discouraged by failure, they didn't even think they were failing. They thought they were learning.

CEOs face this choice all the time. Should they confront their shortcomings or should they create a world where they have none? Lee Iacocca chose the latter. He surrounded himself with worshipers, exiled the critics—and quickly lost touch with where his field was going. Lee Iacocca had become a nonlearner.

the major factor in whether people achieve expertise "is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.