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Papers by Guy Claxton

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Values

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Knowledge

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Memory

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Brightening up

Routledge eBooks, Feb 17, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Expanding the Capacity to Learn: A new end for education?

Warwick University 'The test of successful education is not the amount of knowledge that pupils t... more Warwick University 'The test of successful education is not the amount of knowledge that pupils take away from school, but their appetite to know and their capacity to learn.' Sir Richard Livingstone, 1941 'All skills will become obsolete except one, the skill of being able to make the right response to situations that are outside the scope of what you were taught in school. We need to produce people who know how to act when they are faced with situations for which they were not specifically prepared.' Seymour Papert, 1998 'One of the core functions of twenty-first century education is learning to learn in preparation for a lifetime of change.' David Miliband, 2003 'Pedagogy should at its best be about what teachers do that not only helps students to learn but actively strengthens their capacity to learn.' David Hargreaves, Learning for Life, 2004 'Effective teaching … should aim to help individuals and groups to develop the intellectual, personal and social resources that will enable them to … flourish … in a diverse and changing world.' ESRC TLRP Evidence-informed principles for teaching and learning: No 1

Research paper thumbnail of School as an epistemic apprenticeship: the case of building learning power / La escuela como aprendizaje epistémico: el caso de construyendo el poder para el aprendizaje

Infancia Y Aprendizaje, Apr 3, 2014

For schools to make the jump from the 19th to the 21st century, they need to re-focus their atten... more For schools to make the jump from the 19th to the 21st century, they need to re-focus their attention. Instead of worrying about the content of the syllabus, the form of assessment, or how to re-engage the disengaged, they need to ask: what kind of mind trainingor, more formally, 'epistemic apprenticeship'is going on, day in, day out, in classrooms? I show that any topic can be used to cultivate passivity, dependence and credulity, or to build resilience, creativity and self-evaluation. It depends on the physical, practical and pedagogical cultures that teachers create in their classrooms. Globally there have been many recent attempts to do this re-focusing, with very mixed, not to say disappointing, results; this has often been because there has been insufficient clarity and precision about how teachers are being asked to change their practice. The Building Learning Power (BLP) approach, deriving from a growing network of academics, teachers and a small publisher, has spent the last 15 years researching what these practical shifts in pedagogy actually look like. Small changes are required in the way teachers conceptualize 'powerful learning', in the design of activities, in classroom discourse, in the attitudes towards learning which teachers model, in involving students in the design and evaluation of their own education, and in the forms of assessment used. A recent evaluation shows the BLP approach to be effective in boosting student engagement and achievement, whilst at the same time strengthening the habits of mind that young people will need to thrive in the tricky, turbulent waters of the 21st century.

Research paper thumbnail of The development of learning power: a new perspective on child development and early education

Research paper thumbnail of Put it together and what have you got

Research paper thumbnail of Implicit theories of learning

Research paper thumbnail of The development of learning power

Research paper thumbnail of School as an Epistemic Apprenticeship: The Case of Building Learning Power

Research paper thumbnail of Aprendiendo a aprender: objetivo clave en el currículum del siglo XXI

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2005

Lo que más me asusta es que, si por ejemplo me despiden, no tengo nada, no sé hacer otra cosa par... more Lo que más me asusta es que, si por ejemplo me despiden, no tengo nada, no sé hacer otra cosa para conseguir un trabajo...No tengo otra habilidad". Todd, 18 años, peón de albañil. "Ya me gustaría considerarme a mí misma inteligente. Normalmente saco buenas notas. Pero a veces me preocupa porque me siento una simple grabadora automática... Cuando salga del colegio la gente no estará dándome todo el rato información y haciéndome preguntas, y entonces estaré perdida". Emily, 15 años, estudiante de Ciencias de la Educación.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond therapy : the impact of eastern religions on psychological theory and practice

Wisdom Publications eBooks, 1986

Research paper thumbnail of Being a teacher : a positive approach to change and stress

Excellent book is always being the best friend for spending little time in your office, night tim... more Excellent book is always being the best friend for spending little time in your office, night time, bus, and everywhere. It will be a good way to just look, open, and read the book while in that time. As known, experience and skill don't always come with the much money to acquire them. Reading this book with the PDF being a teacher a positive approach to change and stress cassell education series will let you know more things.

Research paper thumbnail of Research – but what kind?

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching Students to Teach Themselves: The Learning Power Approach

INTED proceedings, Mar 1, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Design Principles for the Learning Power Classroom

Research paper thumbnail of Educating the inquiring mind : the challence for school science / Guy Claxton

Research paper thumbnail of A Smer Campaign: Combating Creeping Constructivism

Studies in Science Education, 1996

Thank goodness for this book: it caught me just in time. I realise now how near I, and many of my... more Thank goodness for this book: it caught me just in time. I realise now how near I, and many of my friends in science education, had come to falling into the clutches of the pernicious doctrine of constructivism. And how lucky New Zealand has been that Michael Matthews' ...

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Values

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Knowledge

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Memory

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Brightening up

Routledge eBooks, Feb 17, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Expanding the Capacity to Learn: A new end for education?

Warwick University 'The test of successful education is not the amount of knowledge that pupils t... more Warwick University 'The test of successful education is not the amount of knowledge that pupils take away from school, but their appetite to know and their capacity to learn.' Sir Richard Livingstone, 1941 'All skills will become obsolete except one, the skill of being able to make the right response to situations that are outside the scope of what you were taught in school. We need to produce people who know how to act when they are faced with situations for which they were not specifically prepared.' Seymour Papert, 1998 'One of the core functions of twenty-first century education is learning to learn in preparation for a lifetime of change.' David Miliband, 2003 'Pedagogy should at its best be about what teachers do that not only helps students to learn but actively strengthens their capacity to learn.' David Hargreaves, Learning for Life, 2004 'Effective teaching … should aim to help individuals and groups to develop the intellectual, personal and social resources that will enable them to … flourish … in a diverse and changing world.' ESRC TLRP Evidence-informed principles for teaching and learning: No 1

Research paper thumbnail of School as an epistemic apprenticeship: the case of building learning power / La escuela como aprendizaje epistémico: el caso de construyendo el poder para el aprendizaje

Infancia Y Aprendizaje, Apr 3, 2014

For schools to make the jump from the 19th to the 21st century, they need to re-focus their atten... more For schools to make the jump from the 19th to the 21st century, they need to re-focus their attention. Instead of worrying about the content of the syllabus, the form of assessment, or how to re-engage the disengaged, they need to ask: what kind of mind trainingor, more formally, 'epistemic apprenticeship'is going on, day in, day out, in classrooms? I show that any topic can be used to cultivate passivity, dependence and credulity, or to build resilience, creativity and self-evaluation. It depends on the physical, practical and pedagogical cultures that teachers create in their classrooms. Globally there have been many recent attempts to do this re-focusing, with very mixed, not to say disappointing, results; this has often been because there has been insufficient clarity and precision about how teachers are being asked to change their practice. The Building Learning Power (BLP) approach, deriving from a growing network of academics, teachers and a small publisher, has spent the last 15 years researching what these practical shifts in pedagogy actually look like. Small changes are required in the way teachers conceptualize 'powerful learning', in the design of activities, in classroom discourse, in the attitudes towards learning which teachers model, in involving students in the design and evaluation of their own education, and in the forms of assessment used. A recent evaluation shows the BLP approach to be effective in boosting student engagement and achievement, whilst at the same time strengthening the habits of mind that young people will need to thrive in the tricky, turbulent waters of the 21st century.

Research paper thumbnail of The development of learning power: a new perspective on child development and early education

Research paper thumbnail of Put it together and what have you got

Research paper thumbnail of Implicit theories of learning

Research paper thumbnail of The development of learning power

Research paper thumbnail of School as an Epistemic Apprenticeship: The Case of Building Learning Power

Research paper thumbnail of Aprendiendo a aprender: objetivo clave en el currículum del siglo XXI

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2005

Lo que más me asusta es que, si por ejemplo me despiden, no tengo nada, no sé hacer otra cosa par... more Lo que más me asusta es que, si por ejemplo me despiden, no tengo nada, no sé hacer otra cosa para conseguir un trabajo...No tengo otra habilidad". Todd, 18 años, peón de albañil. "Ya me gustaría considerarme a mí misma inteligente. Normalmente saco buenas notas. Pero a veces me preocupa porque me siento una simple grabadora automática... Cuando salga del colegio la gente no estará dándome todo el rato información y haciéndome preguntas, y entonces estaré perdida". Emily, 15 años, estudiante de Ciencias de la Educación.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond therapy : the impact of eastern religions on psychological theory and practice

Wisdom Publications eBooks, 1986

Research paper thumbnail of Being a teacher : a positive approach to change and stress

Excellent book is always being the best friend for spending little time in your office, night tim... more Excellent book is always being the best friend for spending little time in your office, night time, bus, and everywhere. It will be a good way to just look, open, and read the book while in that time. As known, experience and skill don't always come with the much money to acquire them. Reading this book with the PDF being a teacher a positive approach to change and stress cassell education series will let you know more things.

Research paper thumbnail of Research – but what kind?

Routledge eBooks, Apr 2, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching Students to Teach Themselves: The Learning Power Approach

INTED proceedings, Mar 1, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Design Principles for the Learning Power Classroom

Research paper thumbnail of Educating the inquiring mind : the challence for school science / Guy Claxton

Research paper thumbnail of A Smer Campaign: Combating Creeping Constructivism

Studies in Science Education, 1996

Thank goodness for this book: it caught me just in time. I realise now how near I, and many of my... more Thank goodness for this book: it caught me just in time. I realise now how near I, and many of my friends in science education, had come to falling into the clutches of the pernicious doctrine of constructivism. And how lucky New Zealand has been that Michael Matthews' ...