Approach
Using the Bloom's Taxonomy framework, I have created the goals and objectives for this project proposal by using active verbs that build on competencies from remembering and recalling to implementing and creating. By including learning activities and opportunities that allow learners to first recognize and recall what a growth mindset is versus a fixed mindset, this can then be built upon by allowing learners the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences and thought processes around their own mindsets before developing and creating a way to implement a growth mindset for themselves as graduate students.
GOAL 1: Learners will understand the benefits of having a growth mindset as a student and a professional.
Objective 1: Learners will define the key characteristics of a growth mindset, such as embracing challenge, persisting in the face of setbacks, valuing effort, and seeking input from others.
Objective 2: Learners will differentiate between fixed mindset beliefs and growth mindset beliefs in educational and professional settings.
Objective 3: Learners will evaluate the correlation between mindset and academic or professional success, identifying how a growth mindset contributes to resilience and achievement.
GOAL 2: Learners will develop strategies to begin cultivating a growth mindset.
Objective 1: Learners will engage in reflective exercises to identify their own fixed mindset tendencies and areas for growth.
Objective 2: Learners will explore various strategies for cultivating a growth mindset, such as setting learning goals, seeking constructive feedback, and embracing failures as learning opportunities.
Objective 3: Learners will create an action plan strategy that they will use to adopt and reinforce a growth mindset in the week following the completion of the core lessons.