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Metacognition in Students

Submitted by Syreeta Bennett on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 12:55pm.
  1. I first heard of metacognition in Psychology class. I then encountered it in teacher training courses, as they encouraged us to become teachers who foster students awareness and ownership of learning.  Now as a teacher completeing her ninth year, metacognition is not a word I readily use in my everyday vocabulary but I practice it in my classroom. I want my students to think about what works for them and what doesn't.  I want them to think about tools and strategies they need to employ to learn. I want them to become lifelong learners and without self awareness can they?  I believe that inquiry Instruction promptes metacognition. After all it their own questions that drives instruction. It is ther knowledge of  their learning style that allows them to choose the medium in which to show what they learned. In order to develop a classroom of Inquiry and to develop metacognitive skills  a teacher has to build a community of trust and safety. Students have to feel comfortable and safe enough to take risk and take charge of their learning. It requires a teacher to be patient and challenged. A teacher cannot be afraid to give up the reigns and allow the kids to move into the driver seat. It is challenging, but it is rewarding for students and teachers.
  2. I find it interesting that colleges train teachers to use inquiry and to foster metacognition skills in their classrooms, but that school districts don't encourage it.  Philadelphia is so standard driven and test oriented that they make it almost impossible to do inquiry.

 

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