Learning Power - Teaching with Attitude | Guy Claxton | TEDxNorrkopingED

One of the most significant things that children learn in school is to be taught. They learn the skills and attitudes that are required to thrive (or oppose) a teacher-led environment. In traditional schools the attitudes included passivity, dependence, credulity, instrumentality and timidity. These are compatible with getting good grades, but not with becoming a powerful, independent real-life learner. As adults, our lives are diminished if we carry these attitudes forward with us into work, family life and leisure. The Learning Power Approach is uncovering a way to teach which avoids this pitfall.

Guy Claxton is emeritus Professor of the Learning Sciences at the University of Winchester, a post he took up in September 2008 together with the role of Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CrL).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. Guy Claxton is the author of more than twenty books including the best selling Building Learning Power.

[drjoannagoodman]

Agree. Minute changes can bring huge rewards in terms of individual learning. For example, teachers’ use of language or particular feedback can have big impact on learning. It’s useful to video record ones lessons for later analysis and reflection. Schools that are really committed to improvement and staff developed enable this.

[ras]

Yes, I have found this with parenting too- small tweaks in the way I say things, being prepared and thinking about HOW I talk to my children makes such huge changes.

[mrburnsteacher]

Thanks for sharing! Very thought provoking.

[shubhangichati]

whatever you said is absolutely relevant and we all really need to work towards it.

[JMyepes]

I have enjoyed a lot. He is brilliant and he shares his wisdom with intelligence and with a very nice clarity. Thank you very much. Thanks also to Ted Talks. As a language teacher this Talk inspires me a lot to reflect about the Learning Power.

[jaythd]

Guy Claxton's research aligns wonderfully with John Hattie's research on "visible learners." Students must have the will and thrill to develop the skills we want them to acquire. @jayjtca

[bencegaal]

Where can I find the whole text format of this lecture?

Thank you for your help!

[kcrushton]

I would give caution to any teacher making a decision to "ban the eraser" as it actually has had the opposite effect of it's intention. I have seen students feel more apprehensive to make mistakes as there is no way for them to fix them. Students start to shut down in their writing as a result.

Before advocating for such a "little tweek" in the classroom I would suggest that a teacher take the time to spend a week of not erasing mistakes. Simply cross out your mistakes for a week. Avoid using the "delete" key or " "backspace" and send out your messages  that way. After a week of doing so ask yourself, "Do I feel like making more mistakes?" or "Would I rather use an eraser and fix the mistakes that I have made and produce work of higher quality."

For Dr. Claxton, I would love for you to point to any educational research that points to "eraser bans" as an effective teaching strategy. Any references would be great, otherwise I would encourage you to rethink your stance on the eraser as a minor adjustment to classrooms that can lead to students being more resilient. Advocating for teaching practices that are not supported by educational research further perpetuates the notation that there are quick fixes in education. There are not.

[jyotirmoyghosh]

- - - very true - - - young friends are you following ? - - - young at heart friends this is for us also - - -