Teaching for Metacognition
About. The resource comprises one 3 page DfES document (drawn from a larger document - see related resources). It first describes some metacognitive strategies, then gives an example scenario to explore, and finally gives a suggested planning activity for teachers to use.
Pedagogical content. This resource describes some strategies to engage metacognitive reasoning(ta) - thinking about thinking, for example, asking pupils to think about their own learning techniques. It includes activities to assist teachers in planning(ta) for their own teaching. (edit)
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| Title | Teaching for Metacognition |
| Topic | [[Topics/CPD|CPD]] |
| Teaching approach | [[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]], [[Teaching Approaches/Planning|Planning]] |
| Learning Objectives | By the end of the document you should have some ideas about metacognition, and how it might relate to your teaching and be used to enhance it. |
| Format / structure | .doc |
| Subject | [[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]] |
| Age of students / grade | [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]], [[Resources/Higher|Higher]]
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| Related ORBIT Wiki Resources | See other DfE(i) resources |
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- This resource is part of the DfES resource "Pedagogy and practice: Teaching and learning in secondary schools" (ref: 0423-2004G) which can be downloaded from the National Archives http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110809101133/nsonline.org.uk/node/97131 The whole resource (512 pages) can be downloaded as a pdf File:Pedagogy and Practice DfES.pdf
- The resource booklets, and many 'harvested' documents are available to download, generally in editable formats from the ORBIT resources http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Category:DfE
- The videos from the accompanying DVDs are available http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/DfES_DVD
