Professor Guy Claxton    MA (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon), FBPsS, CPsychol

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Recent books include:

               

Building Learning Power
(Published by TLO Ltd, 2003, contact Olivia at olivia@tloltd.co.uk)

Learning and Teaching and Where Worldviews Meet 
 (Edited by Rosamund Sutherland, Guy Claxton and Andrew Pollard, Trentham Books, 2003)

The Heart of Buddhism: Practical Wisdom for an Agitated World
(Harper Collins, UK, 1990, 3rd edition, 2001)  

Wise Up: The Challenge of Lifelong Learning 
(Bloomsbury, UK, USA and worldwide, 1999; reissued Network Educational Press, 2001)  

The Intuitive Practitioner: On The Value of Not Always Knowing What One Is Doing 
(Open University Press, 2000) 

Other Books:

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
(Fourth Estate, UK, 1997; Harper Perennial, USA, 1999)  

 
 

The Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Science and Our Day-to-Day Lives
(Guy Watson, Stephen Batchelor and Guy Claxton,  Rider, UK, 1999) 

Beyond Therapy: The Impact of Eastern Religions on Psychological Theory and Practice
(Edited: Prism Press, 1996) 

Noises from the Darkroom: The Science and Mystery of the Mind
(Harper Collins/Aquarian: London, 1994)

Live and Learn: An Introduction to the Psychology of Growth and Change in Everyday Life
  (Open University Press, UK, 1987)  

Wholly Human: Western and Eastern Visions of the Self and Its Perfection
(Routledge, UK, 1981) 

Other authored books by Guy Claxton:           

The Little Ed Book  
 (Routledge and Kegan  Paul, 1978)
Living the Faith: Buddhist Lives  
(Oliver and Boyd, 1989)  
Being a Teacher: A Positive Approach to Change and Stress  
(Cassell, 1989)
Teaching to Learn: A Direction for Education  
 (Cassell, 1990)
Educating the Inquiring Mind: The Challenge for School  Science  
(Harvester/Wheatsheaf, 1991)  

Other edited books:        

Learning for Life in the 21st Century
(Blackwell, 2002)
 The Intuitive Practitioner: On The Value of Not Always Knowing What One Is Doing 
 (Open University  Press, 2000)   
Cognitive Psychology: New Directions  
(Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980)
Growth Points in Cognition  
 (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988)
 Liberating the Learner: Lessons for Professional Development in Education  
(Routledge, 1996)

In addition to his books, Guy Claxton has contributed to academic,  professional and popular publications ranging from Applied Cognitive Psychology and The Psychologist through New Scientist and the Times Educational Supplement to Arena, The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph, and has made many appearances on radio and television.                             

                                                                                                                                          

                                                                              

Professor Guy Claxton, guy.claxton@bris.ac.uk
Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, 35 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1JA
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