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ERRR #050. Guy Claxton on the Learning Power Approach

Education Research Reading Room

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What Do Teachers Do Unwittingly?

Teachers can pay attention to their use of language, like whether teachers use the word work a lot in the class room. In british class rooms, they use the wordWork a lot and it's not a great concept because you do something for an outcome rather than its intrinsic interest. If you want to kind of make a difference, a little experiment, anybody whos watching this, cut out using the word work for the next three weeks and just see if it makes a difference. Do a little action research project in your own classroom. Invite the kids to give you feedback. Whenever you inadvertently use theword work, get them to remind you,. And if you make a game

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