KJ Walton is a primary school teacher, author and illustrator. A daughter, a wife and a Mum. Her passion for the Growth Mindset has certainly supported her in growing and developing in all these areas of her life. Particularly in times of difficulty and struggle.
Her initial interest in Professor Carol Dweck’s research about our ‘Mindsets’ and the profound effect that your Mindset can have on your motivation and subsequent learning of new things initially came from her role as a teacher. During the last seven years or so, she has explored in the classroom how to engage children in thinking about what Mindset they are in at given times and how this effects their behaviour and overall achievement.
This exploration started through the telling of stories and developed into application to create a Growth Mindset culture in the classroom more generally on a day to day basis.
This passion has now become about a wider audience – parenting and building the culture within the family environment.