Growth Mindset

We're talking about 'grit' again, are we? Our Ian Gilbert shares his thoughts on grit, resistance and that wonderful Finnish concept of sisu.

Three-minute read

Watch Associate Juliet Robertson recite her poem 'Two Futures' with help from some of her Independent Thinking friends and colleagues. It is taken from her book of poetry, Blood Lines, all about living and dying with cancer, due out in June.

Remember when Growth Mindset was all the rage? We rescued five key points from Carol Dwecks's original research, Self Theories, which we feel can make a genuine difference in all classrooms.

Seven-minute read

Being dyslexic teaches you a lot about how to learn creatively, how to deal with others and about yourself. In 2014, Ian Gilbert's then teenage daughter Olivia shared the reasons why she loved her dyslexia. Ten years on, the list still holds true.

Four-minute read (give or take)

We love the book You Can Change the World so we worked with author Margaret Rooke to put together a short video schools can use to inspire their young people to make a difference.

Ten-minute watch