EDC 230 - Chapter 10

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    The tenth chapter of The Growth Mindset Playbook by Annie Brock and Heather Hundley reviews the moonshot mindset in classrooms. The chapter starts by explaining the origin of moonshot thinking. It began when Google focused on making 10x improvements. This was used in the Space Race of the 1960s; the United States intended on being the first to put a man on the moon in just ten years. With determination and imagination, this became a reality, and as a result, this began moonshot thinking. This can be used in a classroom to inspire students that anything is possible. Limiting students by telling them they are not good enough or their aspirations cannot happen because it seems impossible displays a fixed mindset. The authors make the following statement, “You’ve staked your life’s work on helping students succeed, so saddling them - or yourself - with limits to their potential for achievement is counterintuitive to the wager you made the moment you took your first teaching job” (Brock and Hundley 138). This demonstrates that if teachers treat their students with a fixed mindset, they will develop one. 

    The author breaks moonshot thinking into steps. The first one is to look for problems that affect many people. Then generate a radical solution using current tools. The last step is to identify technology that may offer a solution in the future. An example the authors use to help teach this in a classroom is the development of ordering anything online through manufacturers like Amazon. Other ideas for teaching this concept are using more chances, integrating technology, personalizing and passionate learning, celebrating awesomeness, networking, and celebrating failure. All of these will help students develop a moonshot mindset. Overall, teachers should encourage students to be curious and chase after their dreams. Inspiring students will help grow connections because they will know that you believe in them, which is vital when developing a relationship with students and fostering a growth mindset.


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