Fostering a Growth Mindset and Developing a Sense of Belonging in Your Students
Learn from social and educational psychology in this one-part workshop on how instructors can foster growth mindsets in their students, and how that in turn can foster greater student motivation, achievement, and belonging.
Event Details
Date
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location
Description
What factors hold back or push students forward in learning and performing the best they can? How do students react to successes and challenges? By the end of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:
- Understand the differences and relationship between growth mindset and sense of belonging
- Consider how students’ and instructors’ mindsets can impact student achievement and motivation
- Identify concrete strategies to foster a growth mindset and sense of belonging in students
- Understand the differences and relationship between growth mindset and sense of belonging
- Consider how students’ and instructors’ mindsets can impact student achievement and motivation
- Identify concrete strategies to foster a growth mindset and sense of belonging in students
Cost
Free
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email zmzuleger@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.