Hosted by: Teaching and Learning Lab

Instructor: Lourdes Aleman, Associate Director for Teaching & Learning

• Enrollment: Limited to 20 participants
• Advance sign-up required. Sign-up by Jan. 8
• Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
• Prereq: None

Many students arrive at MIT riding on years of academic success and praise from teachers, parents, and colleagues. But what happens when you encounter uncertainty and failure? Have you been in a challenging class where you worry about how others will perceive you if don’t sound “smart” enough? When you fail to achieve a specific goal, how do you manage and overcome discouragement and self-doubt? In this course, examine how our own notions of potential and ability can have a fundamental impact on how we approach our work, how much we learn, and how successful we can be in achieving our goals. The course will focus on recent, evidence-based insights regarding human performance, neuroplastictiy, motivation and on how deliberately cultivating a “growth-mindset” can improve our willingness and ability to face challenges and to innovate, despite the risk of failure.

Details

All sessions will take place in MIT Room 56-167

• Tuesday, January 9, 2018 @ 10:00 am–12:00 pm
  How people learn, neurosplasticity, struggling and how it relates to learning
• Thursday, January 11, 2018 @ 10:00 am–12:00 pm
  The relationship between different types of mindset, learning and achievement
• Tuesday, January 16, 2018 @ 10:00 am–12:00 pm
  Learning to embrace challenges and learning from them: cultivating a growth mindset
• Thursday, January @ 10:00 am–12:00 pm
  Using deliberate practice & evidence-based strategies to improve learning and achievement

This course is limited to 20 students and advance registration is required. 

Questions? Contact Lourdes Aleman