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A growth mindset is a reteach, not a poster about trying

CBC already assumes a learner can move from emerging to meeting a competency. That is a growth mindset with the slogan stripped off. The April 2025 original listed ten strategies. Three survive a rewrite: name the method, take a reading, change the group.

Teacher resource, rewritten from the mykurasa.com guide for this site in September 2026. It is not a 60 Decibels percentage. Where a 60dB piece already covers the same weekday job, that piece is a see-also — the figures stay on that ledger.

A teacher marks a small group against indicators on a tablet.
A teacher marks a small group against indicators on a tablet.

Three habits that survive a period

Praise the way the work was done, not a permanent talent. Close a short formative check while the lesson is warm. Plan the reteach for the strand that is still grey — not a motivational assembly. Process language without a next task is a poster.

What we will not do

We will not keep a ten-point listicle. We will not paste 60 Decibels participation or academics percentages into this how-to. Those interviews are a different ledger. We will not claim Kurasa “instils a growth mindset” as if a login were a psychology course.

The product

Workspace holds the evidence that the reteach happened. Daily Challenge is five questions after supper — practice, not a personality test. PSL is a sitting under timed conditions. Keep those clocks apart.

A teacher and one learner at a desk, over-shoulder on the child.
A teacher and one learner at a desk, over-shoulder on the child.
A teacher with a small group. The next try is the mindset. Children’s faces turned away.

The next try

If nothing changes tomorrow, it was a poster.

Formative assessment is the reading. Lesson planning is the reteach. The 60dB academics post is the study.