This is a longish discussion and (mostly) collection of resources on the idea that successful learning requires a particular mindset (such as a 'growth mindset' or 'grit' or some such thing). These mindsets, argues Ryan Boren, become products that are marketed as part of learning technology. But they are misdirections. "These campaigns are veneers on the deficit model that ignore long-standing structural problems like poverty, racism, sexism, ableism, and childism." To a certain degree, I'm inclined to agree. That's not to say learner attitude and motivation are nothing. But people are far to quick to say that a failure to succeed in the education system represents a deficit in the person, rather than in the system.
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