THIS WEBINAR WILL ANSWER KEY QUESTIONS

• What is metacognition? What is metacognitive knowledge? What is self-regulation? What are they not? Cognitive skills vs metacognitive skills.

• Why are metacognitive skills important in terms of wellbeing and in terms of learning?

• What role can/should the teacher play in developing students’ metacognition skills and independence in their learning? What does this look like in the classroom?

• How are metacognitive skills best taught? in isolation as transferable skills or in a domain-specific way?

• What other independent learning/study/research skills should we teach? How and when?

• What does a typical sequence for developing metacognition in the classroom look like? What can the teacher model and explicitly teach to help students become increasingly metacognitive?

• How does metacognition sit alongside differentiation?

• Getting started: What three things would you advise teachers do next – what are your key takeaways?