Guy Claxton

Guy Claxton is Emeritus Professor at Winchester University and Visiting Professor of Education at King’s College London. He has previously taught and researched at Oxford University, Bristol University, and the University of London Institute of Education, and is an internationally renowned cognitive scientist. Guy’s books include `Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind`; `Wise Up: The Challenge of Lifelong Learning`; `The Wayward Mind`; and `Intelligence in the Flesh`. Recent books on education include `What’s the Point of School?`; `Building Learning Power`; and, with` Bill Lucas and others, `New Kinds of Smart`;` The Learning Powered School; and `Educating Ruby`. Guy’s Building Learning Power approach to teaching is widely used in all kinds of schools across the UK, as well as in Poland, Dubai, Indonesia, India, China, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina.