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Guy Claxton Biography

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Guy Claxton is a British author born on June 20, 1947. His work primarily focuses on the field of education, exploring themes such as learning, cognition, and creativity.

Needs Self Culture Parent Teaching Security Expectations Encouragement Clarity Balanced Self Reliance Reliance Educator Playfulness

Book:Wise Up

Source: Wise Up

“People see their own lives as stories; a lifelong story with a single hero or heroine... much contemporary unhappiness is due to the fact that people in high tech societies receive neither strong myths and stories from their culture nor the ability to construct their own... they lose the plot.”

People Facts Stories Culture Strong Loses Ability Learning Teaching Hero Dues Myth Contemporary Plot Unhappiness Constructs Lifelong Heroines

Author:Guy Claxton

“Learning power comprises both literacy and numeracy, and is ultimately more fundamental than either of them.”

Learning Teaching Fundamentals Literacy Numeracy

Book:Wise Up

Source: Wise Up

“Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative.”

Writing Problem Lying Reading Learning Teaching Deeper Visible Initiative Reading And Writing

Book:Wise Up

Source: Wise Up

“We have to learn to make our own way through a complex world without the benefit of an accepted trustworthy route map.”

World Way Learning Teaching Benefits Complexes Accepted Maps Routes Trustworthy

Book:Wise Up

Source: Wise Up

“Less-creative people can't shift gears. Very creative people move between these two states intuitively.”

People Two States Moving Creativity Creative Gears Creative People

Author:Guy Claxton

“Creativity may have killed a few cats, but evolution certainly eliminated many more incurious ones.”

May Creativity Evolution Cat

Author:Guy Claxton

“The constant need to move on, and to document progress, in normal schools means that education tends to be cut up into bite sized task.”

Needs Mean School Moving Cutting Progress Normal Tasks Constant Bites Documents Need To Move On

Book:Wise Up

Source: Wise Up

About the Author

Born: June 20, 1947
Known for: Author
Quotes: 8

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