Growth Mindset in practice | Teacher Talk with Dan Finkel

“We are not born being good or bad at math. We actually have the potential to get better by applying ourselves (and) learning from our mistakes.” In this video, Dan Finkel talks about why it’s important to have a growth mindset. So that we can learn from our mistakes and move on. Watch now to find out why ‘growth mindset’ is so much more than a buzz word.

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