Carol S. Dweck The Big Idea A good number of years ago the American educator and philosopher, John Dewey, wrote a little, sticky sentence when talking about learning. It was this sentence: “We must have lions in our path.” In a general sense, Carol Dweck’s literature research review turns nicely on exactly that sentence. Dewey was arguing that progressive human development depended upon facing challenges. How we respond to those challenges largely defines the extent to which we become all that we can be. Dweck’s subject…