Matthew Taylor
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407 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2011
last heard Nov 2011
Matthew Taylor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So I couldn't resist asking whether their views of their own success chimed with Carol Dweck's research.
OK, let me start with you, Charlotte.
In a school like this, is there quite a clear distinction between the pupils who are seen as being clever and those who are seen as not being clever?
Charlotte?
If I was talking to the bottom set and I said, why are you in the bottom set, would they say it was because they weren't clever or because they didn't try hard?
What do you think, Jake?
Rory?
But they would say it was because they weren't clever enough, right?
Yeah.
So it's interesting, you in the top set, you think you're here because you work really hard, but the people in the bottom set think they're there because they're just not clever enough.
Jay, what do you say when a friend of yours says, oh, I just can't do this, or I'm just no good at maths?
Do you just say, OK, that's hard luck, or do you encourage them to work harder?
The practical value of neuroscience nearly always depends on how it connects to the observations of behaviour and the insights of other disciplines.
But the things we're learning from brain science, whether it's lifetime brain plasticity or how to release chemical stimuli, are providing the basis for the practical research of pioneers like Carol Dweck and Paul Howard Jones.
From one Dweck experiment, it even seems that knowing more about the brain and how it develops can inspire children themselves.
One of the arguments that we're looking at in these programs is that
an awareness of our brains and how our brains work will be a very important factor in the 21st century in shaping policies, but also how we think of ourselves and how we think of our relationships to other people.
Ways of harnessing the brain's plasticity are still at the beta stage, but they are exciting.
Last week, I was left unconvinced by the claim that neuroscience will transform the law and change our ideas of right and wrong.
But the work I've seen on learning gives me real hope that we can move beyond the tired debates about how best to teach.
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