Challenging Mindset: Why a Growth Mindset Makes a Difference in Learning and What to Do When It Doesnt

About Bosse LarssonJames A. Nottingham

James Nottingham is co-founder and director of Challenging Learning a group of companies with 30 employees in 6 countries. His passion is in transforming the most up-to-date research into strategies that really work in the classroom. He is regarded by many as one of the most engaging thought-provoking and inspirational speakers in education.   His first book Challenging Learning was published in 2010 and has received widespread critical acclaim. Since then he has written 6 books for teachers leaders support staff and parents. These books share the best research and practice connected with learning; dialogue; feedback; the learning pit; early years education; and growth mindset.   Before training to be a teacher James worked on a pig farm in the chemical industry for the American Red Cross and as a teaching assistant in a school for deaf children. At university he gained a first-class honours degree in education (a major turnaround after having failed miserably at school). He then worked as a teacher and leader in primary and secondary schools in the UK before co-founding an award-winning multi-million-pound regeneration project supporting education public and voluntary organisations across north east England.   Skolvärlden (Swedish Teaching Union) describes James as one of the most talked about names in the world of school development and the Observer newspaper in the UK listed him among the Future 500 - a definitive list of the UKs most forward-thinking and brightest innovators. Bosse Larsson is a Swedish teacher trainer and concept developer. He has extensive experience developing creative thinking and learning with primary and secondary students and is a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop leader.   He started working as a science teacher more than thirty years ago and has for over a decade been supporting secondary school dropouts and students with special educational needs.   Responding to many requests to share his ideas Bosse began his own educational consultancy in 2007 (www.tankvidare.nu). He is also a long-time consultant for Challenging Learning. Through this work he aims to broaden break and change thought-patterns about education organisation and leadership.  He still works parttime in local schools where he collaborates with teams in action learning cycles and individual teachers through lesson planning and giving feedback after lesson observations.   Bosse has given presentations keynotes and led workshops both nationally and internationally and has worked with staff training from pre-school to further education. The main themes of his work focus on creativity future skills thinking habits thinking tools Dwecks mindset metacognition motivation and feedback.