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Guy Claxton is Visiting Professor of Learning Science, and Director of Development of the Research Initiative on Culture and Learning in Organisations (CLIO) at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol. |
Research Interests |
Guy
Claxton's
interests are broad-ranging and inter-disciplinary. The common thread is a multifaceted exploration of the ways in which empirical work in cognitive psychology, sociocultural studies, and neuroscience can inform practical efforts to expand human psychological abilities in a range of different settings
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Classroom climates and activities, psychotherapeutic interventions and contemplative practices can all be conceptualised as attempts not to transmit knowledge or solve problems directly, but to develop the power of individuals and groups to learn and think more effectively. My current work, for example, explores the potential of teaching and schooling for this kind of mind-expansion; the ways in which habits of memory and attention are transmitted and modified both socioculturally, through informal apprenticeship and imitation, and through techniques of attentional retraining (mindfulness); and how different cultures either afford or inhibit the use of non-articulate and non-deliberate
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Summary of recent and forthcoming activities
In 2003, Guy Claxton
will be working on a book on how societies have explained the 'odd' aspects of human experience: dreams, creativity, madness, mysticism and possession. To be published by Little brown in 2004, the book is provisionally entitled The Brain's Unconscious Minds: From Plato's Chariot to the Neural Net and is a follow up to the much praised Hare Brain Tortoise Mind (Fourth Estate/Harper Perennial 1997)
will be speaking at a number of International conferences (in July and August) including the Learning conference at London's Institute of Education; the 11th International Thinking conference in Phoenix, Arizona and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research 2003 conference in Wellington, New Zealand.
has produced a report entitled 'Learning is Learnable (And We Ought To Teach It)' to appear in the National Commission for Education report, Ten Years On, edited by Sir John Cassell, 2004
appeared on BBC1 in April 2003 in an Everyman programme on Buddhism
published an edited book (with Andrew Pollard and Rosamund Sutherland) entitled Teaching and Learning where Worldviews Meet
(Trentham
Books
Limited)
In 2002, Guy Claxton
published an edited volume (with Gordon Wells) entitled Learning for Life in the 21st Century: Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education (Blackwell)
published a paper (with Margaret Carr) on
attended by invitation, a British Council workshop on
spoke at The Guardian
presented the keynote address at the New Zealand Post-Primary Teachers
was an invited commentator at the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Imitation at Royaumont, France (May)
gave a Templeton Lecture at the University of Cambridge (June)
contributed to discussions on creativity in The Observer OM magazine (22 Sept 2002) and meditation in Reader's Digest (Dec 2002)
In 2001, Guy Claxton
gave the Francis C. Scott Memorial Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, London
addressed the Annual Conferences of the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, and the Association of Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland
co-hosted a conference at the London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience on
published the fourth edition of The Heart of Buddhism (HarperCollins)
was invited to speak at 15 headteachers
was a principal researcher on two successful ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme grants, and on a grant from the Lifelong Learning Foundation
spoke on
co-organised the International Conference on
was invited speaker at the 5th International Conference on Buddhism and Psychotherapy, Melbourne, Australia
In 1999/2000, Guy Claxton
spoke on
was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of the UK Campaign for Learning
delivered an invited keynote address at the 5th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision-Making, Stockholm
shared the platform at Westminster with the Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP at the inauguration of the UK government
was a plenary speaker at the International Parent-Child 2000 Conference in London
co-edited The Intuitive Practitioner (Open UP) and The Psychology of Awakening (Rider)
gave the inaugural lecture at the opening of the University of Hong Kong Centre for Buddhist Studies
was invited to speak about his book Wise Up at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Additionally, Guy Claxton has in the last two years
conducted workshops and seminars for business audiences ( Pricewaterhouse & Coopers, Sainsbury
s, The London Business School, The Industrial Society) on intuition and creativity
been appointed Academic Adviser to The Mind Gym Ltd
been interviewed for articles in New Scientist, The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and a range of other publications
Professor
Guy Claxton, guy.claxton@bris.ac.uk page design by Imogen Newman, PA to Professor Claxton, imogen.newman@bris.ac.uk | updated: Oct 2003 |
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