Lourdes Aleman, Associate Director for Teaching & Learning
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 20 participants
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, we will 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.
This course is limited to 20 students and advance registration is requred. Please complete this REGISTRATION FORM. Your registration will be confirmed via a separate email from the Teaching + Learning Lab. Registration will remain open until January 8th or until all seats are filled.
Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Lourdes Aleman, 617-324-1776, LALEMAN@MIT.EDU
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Jan/09 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 56-167 |
How people learn, neurosplasticity, struggling and how it relates to learning.
Lourdes Aleman - Associate Director for Teaching & Learning
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Jan/11 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 56-167 |
The relationship between different types of mindset, learning and achievement.
Lourdes Aleman - Associate Director for Teaching & Learning
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Jan/16 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 56-167 |
Learning to embrace challenges and learning from them: cultivating a growth mindset.
Lourdes Aleman - Associate Director for Teaching & Learning
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Jan/18 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 56-167 |
Using deliberate practice & evidence-based strategies to improve learning and achievement.
Lourdes Aleman - Associate Director for Teaching & Learning