Finding 'Aliveness' in Schools - A Conversation with Prof. Guy Claxton

There are many myths that hold teaching back. But more than any
'trad' or 'prog' debates about pedagogy, perhaps the most
powerful one is the mind-body split. This week we welcome
Professor Guy Claxton to talk about his forthcoming book on the
importance of 're-membering' our learning bodies and reconnecting
our ideas about education!


Guy Claxton is Emeritus Professor at Winchester University and
Visiting Professor of Education at King's College London. He has
previously taught and researched at Oxford University, Bristol
University, and the University of London Institute of Education,
and is an internationally renowned cognitive scientist. Guy's
books include The Future of Teaching and the Myths that Hold it
Back (2021), Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind (1998); Wise Up (1999):
The Challenge of Lifelong Learning; The Wayward Mind (2005); and
Intelligence in the Flesh (2015). Recent books on education
include Expansive Education (2013); What's the Point of School?
(2008); Building Learning Power (2002); and, with Bill Lucas and
others, New Kinds of Smart; The Learning Powered School (2011);
and Educating Ruby (2015).


Guy's Building Learning Power approach to teaching is widely used
in all kinds of schools across the world.


You can find more about Guy on his website at:
https://www.guyclaxton.net/


The Active Inference paper by Laura Desirée di Paolo et al
(2024), referenced by Guy in the conversation, can be found here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377634490_Active_Inference_Goes_to_School_The_Importance_of_Active_Learning_in_the_Age_of_Large_Language_Models


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