New Kinds of Smart How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education

How people think about education depends on how they understand the notion of 'intelligence'. Teaching reflects assumptions about what kinds of mental qualities are worth having, and about the extent to which those qualities are fixed or malleable. As the idea of 'intelligence' changes, so should the aims and methods of education. It's time to bring intelligence into the real world.

Bill Lucas is Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning and Professor of Learning at the University of Winchester, UK. Bill has been a school leader, the founding director of Learning through Landscapes and CEO of the UK's Campaign for Learning. Guy Claxton is Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning and Professor of the Learning Sciences at the University of Winchester, UK. Guy is the originator of the Building Learning Power programme now widely used in schools across the world.