Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
Growth Mindset
Understand the concept of a growth mindset — that abilities and intelligence can grow with effort, practice, and good strategies — as opposed to a fixed mindset where you believe you're either good at something or you're not
Quick check
When the learner finds something difficult like learning to ride a bike or mastering times tables, do they say 'I can't do it YET' rather than 'I'm just not good at this'?
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Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Explain the difference between growth mindset and fixed mindset in their own words
- Use 'yet' language when describing something they find difficult
- Give an example of something they got better at through practice and effort
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
3 topics- Learning from MistakesRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 5 to 7
Growth mindset builds on understanding mistakes as learning opportunities
- Vocabulary: resilience and selfRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 7 to 10
The growth mindset concept requires understanding the vocabulary pair 'growth mindset' vs 'fixed mindset'
- Making Sense of ProblemsHelpful
Mathematics // Mathematical Thinking // Ages 5 to 6
Growth mindset understanding (SEL) is grounded in the concrete experience of persevering through mathematical problems — the abstract principle is made real through mathematics
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Growth Mindset
Ages 7 to 9 // Concept
Leads to
2 topics- Breaking Tasks into StepsRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 7 to 9
Breaking tasks into steps builds on growth mindset perseverance
- Positive Self-TalkHelpful
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 7 to 9
Self-talk benefits from growth mindset framing
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
- PSPE-ID-CU-P2-4PSPE-ID-LO-P2-12
Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
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