Developing a Growth Mindset to Facilitate Learning | Early Years

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Matt Bawler Mental health and growth mindset educator
Webinar 1hr 12min

This webinar explores the benefit of a growth mindset and offers practical guidance on how to develop it in your early years setting. It will explore the foundational impact that a growth mindset can have on children’s wellbeing and how this supports academic progress, assisting you to identify areas in which you can better encourage children to develop this.

CPD Certified

For: Leaders, teachers, practitioners, teaching and nursery assistants

Aim: This webinar explores the benefit of a growth mindset and offers practical guidance on how to develop it in your early years setting. It will explore the foundational impact that a growth mindset can have on children’s wellbeing and how this supports academic progress, assisting you to identify areas in which you can better encourage children to develop this.

Rationale: Making mistakes offers an opportunity to learn and do things differently in the future, and this is key part of early child development. It is important to encourage a growth mindset to help children deal with failure and prevent them from doubting their ability or losing interest. According to research, by developing a growth mindset, children are able to improve their problem-solving skills every day, and eventually use them in more challenging scenarios.