What mindset do you have?
Mindsets are the beliefs or self-perceptions people have about themselves. Through completing a quiz, students learn about their mindset.
Year level
7-10
Duration
5 minutes
Type
In class activity
Online learning
SEL Competencies
Self-awareness
Self-management
Learning intention
Students complete a self-assessment to identify strategies to improve their mindset.
Key outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
identify their mindset
understand the importance of mindsets
describe how their mindset impacts their approach to challenges.
Materials needed
Student access to ReachOut.com quiz ‘What mindset do you have?’
Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Analyse and reflect on the influence of values and beliefs on the development of identities (AC9HP8P01)
Analyse the impact of changes and transitions, and devise strategies to support themselves and others through these changes (AC9HP8P02)
Analyse factors that shape identities and evaluate how individuals influence the identities of others (AC9HP10P01)
Refine, evaluate and adapt strategies for managing changes and transitions (AC9HP10P02)
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
Self-awareness
Self-management
Critical and creative thinking:
Reflecting on thinking and processes
Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures
NSW PDHPE Syllabus
Examines and evaluates strategies to manage current and future challenges (PD4-1)
Assesses their own and others’ capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges (PD5-1)
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (VCHPEP123)
Activity 1
Instructions
5 minutes
Ask students to access, and then complete independently, the ReachOut.com survey ‘What mindset do you have?’.
Once students have completed the survey, encourage them to learn more about their mindset by exploring the ReachOut articles that are linked in their results.
