What is TRansfer?
"Transfer is the ability to extend what has been learned in one context to new contexts without guidance. Educators hope that students will transfer learning from one problem to another within a course, from one year in school to another, between school and home, and from school to workplace. Transfer of learning, meaning-making, and content acquisition is the troika of education. Learning stuff is not the goal; it’s the means. The point of school is not to get good at school but to effectively parlay what we learned in school in other learning and in life." - Grant Wiggins, co-founder of Understanding by Design
Growth Mindset |
Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success—a simple idea that makes all the difference. In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort. In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports. It enhances relationships. Taken from mindset.online.com.
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LCS District
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With TRANSFER and GROWTH MINDSET at the forefront of our education paradigms, Lee County Schools developed a top five list of goals that every student should graduate with when they walk across the stage. In essence, owning these skills will give them "more than a diploma:"
The goal is that LCS graduates... 1. Can demonstrate effective and creative written and oral communication in various formats appropriate for purpose and audience. 2. Can, without significant scaffolding, comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a range of types and disciplines, and then construct arguments and convey intricate or multifaceted information. Likewise, students are able independently to discern a speaker’s key points, request clarification, and ask relevant questions. 3. Can solve real-world problems by applying various strategies. 4. Are self-directed learners who can self-evaluate using different perspectives. 5. Are responsible/respectful leaders/citizens who can empathize in various situations. |