“As we have seen, the modern mind has a distorted image of itself that leads it to neglect some of its own most valuable learning capacities. We now know that the brain is built to linger as well as to… — Guy Claxton Copy Share
Learning power comprises both literacy and numeracy, and is ultimately more fundamental than either of them. — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
“As we have seen, the modern mind has a distorted image of itself that leads it to neglect some of its own most valuable learning capacities. We now know that the brain is built to linger as well as to rush, and that slow knowing sometimes leads to better answers. We know that knowledge makes itself known through sensations, images,… — Guy Claxton Copy Share
We have to learn to make our own way through a complex world without the benefit of an accepted trustworthy route map. — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
The constant need to move on, and to document progress, in normal schools means that education tends to be cut up into bite sized… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
“Everything is gestation and bringing forth. To let each impression and each germ of a feeling come to completion wholly in itself, in the… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
People see their own lives as stories; a lifelong story with a single hero or heroine... much contemporary unhappiness is due to the fact… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
Creativity may have killed a few cats, but evolution certainly eliminated many more incurious ones. — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative. — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
Less-creative people can't shift gears. Very creative people move between these two states intuitively. — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
