Research increasingly points to the importance of social and emotional learning to student success. Teachers play a central role in these dimensions of learning, particularly in helping students feel connected to school and have a positive sense of themselves as learners. Through the messages they send and the experiences they provide in classrooms, teachers shape students’ psychological perspectives on schooling and their achievement levels, a growing body of research reveals.
A new report from FutureEd, Teacher Mindsets: How Educators’ Perspectives Shape Student Success, explores the critical importance of “teacher mindsets,” or teachers’ attitudes, beliefs, and practices, in fortifying students’ investment in learning. Researchers profile several schools in the forefront of that work, schools that have begun to use the new findings on teacher mindsets to shift adult belief and behaviors in ways that strengthen students’ view of themselves as learners and their motivation to learn. Recommendations fall within four main categories:
- Building Teacher-Student Relationships
- Helping Students See Themselves as Successful Learners
- Teachers’ Role in Building Belongingness
- Building Empathic Discipline
For the full report, see: https://www.future-ed.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Final-report_Teacher-Mindsets.pdf
