Actually, my comment was not about the growth mindset, but if you want to know the reason why I think it is at least over-hyped… In short, the researches are not consistent and most of the confirming ones were conducted by Dweck’s team. See for example big study from 2019 https://www.niesr.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Changing%20Mindsets_0.pdfor metanalysishttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/323565554_To_What_Extent_and_Under_Which_Circumstances_Are_Growth_Mind-Sets_Important_to_Academic_Achievement_Two_Meta-Analyses
They find either no effects or the effects are rather weak.
If you add to it that the growth mindset fits very well with social expectations and political correctness some dose of skepticism seems to be natural.
Yeah, sorry for focusing on that rather than the thrust of your comment.
Actually, my comment was not about the growth mindset, but if you want to know the reason why I think it is at least over-hyped… In short, the researches are not consistent and most of the confirming ones were conducted by Dweck’s team. See for example big study from 2019
https://www.niesr.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Changing%20Mindsets_0.pdf
or metanalysis
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323565554_To_What_Extent_and_Under_Which_Circumstances_Are_Growth_Mind-Sets_Important_to_Academic_Achievement_Two_Meta-Analyses
They find either no effects or the effects are rather weak.
If you add to it that the growth mindset fits very well with social expectations and political correctness some dose of skepticism seems to be natural.
Yeah, sorry for focusing on that rather than the thrust of your comment.