Nursery World - A Unique Child: Child Development

The work of Carol Dweck tells us that encouraging a particular way
of thinking - that talent and intelligence are not 'fixed' - can make
all the difference to how children learn. Jan Dubiel explains.

We all want the children we work with to be successful. Although we recognise that each learner is unique, with a unique manner and pace of learning, we know that all children have the potential - indeed the right - to succeed in what they do. We shape our environments, choose our resources, plan activities, teach knowledge and skills and refine our interactions to achieve this.

We know that children develop differently and find some aspects of learning easier than others, and that children can differ enormously in how quickly they develop and secure new skills and knowledge. Sometimes labels are ascribed to this, implicitly or explicitly - in the worst cases, children are described as being of 'low', 'medium' or 'high' ability.

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