The less teachers believe that it’s necessary for students to have an innate talent in order to perform well, the more they will boost motivation and success in the classroom. An international research team led by Professor Anke Heyder from the Department of Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has identified a simple, compact and effective way to strengthen this belief: they invited student teachers to reflect and briefly write down the mission they associate with the teaching profession and how they personally would like to make a positive impact on the lives of the students they teach. ...
