dysTalk Whats The Point Of School - Talks - dysTalk

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About this talk: Professor Guy Claxton gives an insight into ways schooling and teaching needs to be changed in order to prepare children to become powerful lifelong learners, with the capabilities to meet the challenges of a changing world.

About the speaker: Since September 2008, Guy Claxton has been Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CrL), and Professor of the Learning Sciences, at the University of Winchester. He previously held the same title at the University of Bristol Graduate School of Education. He has a 'double first' from Cambridge and a DPhil from Oxford, and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Royal Society of Arts, and an Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences.

Talk Topics - General Advice / Other

Further information about this Talk

Further Reading:

To get hold of Professor Claxton's latest book, "What's the point of school?" please click here.
Find out more about Professor Claxton and his work on his website.

Key Points Covered in This Talk:

• The goals of Building Learning Power:
  Create Schools that:
  - Raise results
  - Engage pupils
  - Enthuse teachers
  - Prepare lifelong learners: Young people confident, creative, capable and curious enough to cope with the challenges life throws at them and to be able select and pursue your own challenges.

• What needs to change to achieve these goals?:
  - Language - e.g. 'learning' not 'work'
  - Example - e.g. learn an instrument
  - Activities - split-screen lessons
  - Resources and environment - e.g. learning displays
  - Noticing and monitoring - student voice on learning