Teachers with a growth mindset are motivated and engaged: the relationships among mindsets, motivation, and engagement in teaching

• Published in: Social psychology of education Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1663 - 1684
• Main Authors: Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N., King, Ronnel B., Mordeno, Imelu G., Chai, Ching-Sing, Jong, Morris Siu-yung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Beliefs; Education; Educational psychology; Employee involvement; Employee motivation; Intelligence; Motivation; Personality and Social Psychology; Sociology of Education; Student Motivation; Teachers; Teaching; Work engagement; Teachers; Mindsets about teaching ability; Motivation

Past research on mindsets has mostly focused on studying students’ beliefs about the malleability of their intelligence or teachers’ beliefs about the malleability of their students’ intelligence. However, teachers’ mindsets about the malleability of their own teaching ability and how these teaching...