Growth or Fixed Mindset

You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way." —Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

As we are in the month of submitting our drafts I feel I have researched and written a lot on my inquiry but I cant help but feel anxious about finishing off sections I've left and then submitting it all.
I have tried to dedicate 2-3 days a week on my work which is hard with work commitments and somedays I don't feel focused at all. Doing a workout or stretch in the mornings seem to help activate my brain before sitting in front of my laptop for hours. An interesting piece a found on the difference between a growth and fixed mindset by Carol Dweck who I previously researched, made me wonder if we are aware what mindset we have and the effect it has on us. I also thought about how each mindset affected the participants answers when I conducted my interviews a few weeks back.

I then came across a quiz of 10 questions that tells you if you have a growth or fixed mindset, which I was really interested in finding out,

http://www.londonacademyofit.co.uk/learning-blog/learning/interactive-quiz-fixed-vs-growth-mindset/

Skype Session 20/03/18 5pm

This evening we had a Skype session where there were 9 of us all from different modules, this was I think the largest group Skype I had attended so was really interesting to get so many point of views. We began as we usually do introducing and stating where we are at in the module and what we want to talk about in the session. There was some confusion for module 3's about dates of hand in's ect which was cleared up by the academic calendar on uni hub if anyone is also stuck finding them.

Important points I wanted to address were, if I am on the right track and how much Id done in comparison to other m3's, finding out if any other member of the group had conducted their interviews or tried to organise one with an organisation and how they went about it.

I found everyone had more or less started their literature review in some way, including their findings from the methods they had started using, I have completed my interviews with my colleagues at my workplace which I found easy to organise but I'm having trouble getting a response arts organisations to schedule an interview. Emma and Jess were really helpful and suggested that instead of trying to arrange an interview, I send over the interview questions, similar to my survey and see if they respond that way. I think this is my next moving point with gaining a more professional view to add to my research. Helen also suggested I find someone who is linked with an arts organisation which is something I will also look into.

Another important point that came up was about m1, and how effective the reflective journal is at such an early stage. I remember feeling like I was almost wasting time writing a diary regularly on my practice but we discussed the importance the journal brings at a later date, as you can refer back to it as a piece of evidence.

Adesola mentioned a really good point that "the process has value'', I think going through mounds of information and getting confused is a part of the process, my questions and opinion have changed so many times throughout the modules and have left me feeling frustrated but it all a part of your inquiry. Also making sure that everything relates back to your practice is something I think when re reading my work to help keep me on track, if its important to me then I know I'm working towards something meaningful to my practice.

Im so glad I was able to attend the session as I'm terrible with missing previous ones.

If anyone has a minute can you please fill out my survey, Thankyou
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BTRWLNF

Please can you fill out my Survey

If anyone has the time between literature reviews and life, can you fill out my survey please! Thankyou

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BTRWLNF