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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

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

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

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

Guy Claxton
Creativity, Cat, May

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

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

Guy Claxton
Moving, Creativity, Two

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.

Guy Claxton
Moving, School, Mean
Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.282, A&C Black

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