The Centre for Real-World Learning at Winchester draws upon the new thinking being generated by the learning sciences to develop fresh approaches to learning and 
intelligence. It challenges traditional ways of thinking and helps to create new understanding about how people learn in real life.
Edge, the independent education foundation which believes there are many paths to success, has become the Centre for Real-World Learning’s first strategic partner, funding ground-breaking research into practical and vocational learning – what it is, how and where it happens, and analysing evidence of its impact. With Edge the Centre will also be developing a number of important joint initiatives.
The Centre is co-directed by Professor Guy Claxton and Professor Bill Lucas, who are both widely respected and influential thinkers. Commenting on the launch of the new centre, Andy Powell said: “Bill Lucas and Guy Claxton have an incredible track record of innovation in thinking about learning and we are proud to be funding research and working with them to increase our understanding of real-world learning in all its forms.”
“Real-world learning concerns the complicated decision making we all undertake in our lives – about our impact on the climate, about our relationships, about the daily choices we face,” explained Professor Claxton. “The Centre will look at which habits of mind are the most conducive to being a powerful real-world learner, and how those habits can be grown in schools and colleges, families and workplaces.”
The Centre will work closely with a number of key organisations both in the private and public sectors to bring about practical improvements in the way they encourage learning.
For more information about the Centre for Real-World Learning here.
Content added October 17, 2008.
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