Guy Claxton Quotes About Teaching

• 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.

  Guy Claxton

  Strong, Teaching, Hero

• Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and self reliance.

  Guy Claxton

  Encouragement, Teaching, Self

  Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.340, A&C Black

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

  Guy Claxton

  Teaching, Learning, Fundamentals

  Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.120, A&C Black

• 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

  Lying, Teaching, Reading

  Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.275, A&C Black

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

  Guy Claxton

  Teaching, Learning, Benefits

  Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.254, A&C Black

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