Guy Claxton on Education Research

For this episode we were lucky enough to be able to talk to Guy Claxton who is a Professor, researcher, consultant and prolific author of academic papers and 30 books!

You might know him best as the creator of the Learning Power Approach, about which he has recently published a fantastic 4-book series for teachers and leaders.

In this interview, we chatted to Guy about education research to find out his view on:

• What decides the questions that education research tries to answer?
• What role does and should education research play in the work we do in our classrooms?
• Can education research tell us “what works”… and should it even try?
• What questions should teachers be asking themselves when they are considering using research and “evidence-based” practices in their classrooms?

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