Orbis is excited to host a series of professional learning days led by renowned education expert Professor Guy Claxton. Join us to explore the connection between learner agency and empowering learners.
If we want young people to develop the habits of thinking for themselves, using their imagination, being open to new ideas, saying when they don’t understand, and exploring real challenges together, then they have to see their teachers doing the same thing.
Professor Guy Claxton
Program overview
Professor Guy Claxton will explore the connection between learner agency and effective learners. You’ll engage with classroom practices that illustrate ways to develop the capabilities and dispositions that empower students to play an active role in their own learning.
Dates and times
Primary and secondary teacher session
Monday 12 May 9am to 3pm
Leader sessions
Tuesday 13 May or Wednesday 14 May 9am to 3pm
Program costs
This is a free event for department employees.
Orbis pays for:
- program fees and material costs
- catered lunch, tea and coffee.
Learn more about Professor Guy Claxton
Professor Guy Claxton is a cognitive scientist, education thought leader and prolific author. Guy has worked with tens of thousands of teachers across the globe and is one of those rare academics who brings powerful learning to life for us all. He knows what it looks like in practice and what we need to focus on to get there.
Guy’s academic roots are firmly established in his background working with several prestigious UK universities including Oxford, Bristol, King’s College London and Winchester.
His eclectic approach is reflected through his diverse roles including:
- consulting on education to the Royal Albert Hall and UK Ideas Foundation
- working with the Centre of Contemplative Education research project on mindfulness in European schools, conducted with His Holiness The Dalai Lama
- leading workshops and speaking engagements for Premier League Youth Football Coaches, global International Conferences on Thinking and the prestigious Edinburgh International Summit on Culture
- lecturing at esteemed institutions including the Siobhan Davies Dance School, the London College of Fashion, Her Majesty’s Treasury Learning Centre and the Harvard Learning Innovations Laboratory.
Guy has written extensively on topics related to learning, intelligence and creativity with the aim of bringing important insights from psychological and learning research to wider audiences.
Find out more about Guy here.
How to enrol
Check availability and enrol in Empowering Learners with Professor Guy Claxton via plink.