The best learners are metacognitive.

  • What is metacognition? How do you teach metacognition?

  • Metacognition is about active learning and respective teaching strategies to enable students to take a greater role in their learning.

  • Metacognitive-supportive teaching has the greatest effect on learning, enhancing intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and ultimately, achievement.

Course curriculum

    1. Biography

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Video: Unit 1 Thinking Part 1

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Video: Unit 1 Thinking Part 2

    3. Reflection Question

    4. Reflection Question

    1. Video: Unit 2 Curiosity

    2. Reflection Questions

    1. Video: Unit 3 Questions Part 1

    2. Reflection Question

    3. Video: Unit 3 Questions Part 2

    4. Reflection Questions

    5. Activity Resource: Effective Questions

    1. Video: Unit 4 Prompts

    2. Reflection Questions

    3. Activity Resource: Australian Curriculum Cognitive Verbs

    1. Video: Unit 5 Verbalisation

    2. Reflection Questions

About this course

  • $440.00
  • 38 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content
  • NESA (NSW) Descriptors Addressed: 1.1.2, 3.3.2, 3.5.2 | 6.5 Hours
  • TQI (ACT) Descriptors Addressed: 1.1.2, 3.5.2, 5.2.2, 6.2.2 | 6 Hours
  • Primary and secondary teachers and school leaders | All KLAs

Thank you for the feedback

“My staff rated Michael’s course the most useful PD in the past five years. ”

Principal, Colo High School, NSW

“I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It was highly informative and motivating. I also really liked how it was structured – allowing me to pause the videos when I needed to and allowing for reflection on each section by way of the accompanying questions. ”

Name supplied, ACT

“I enjoyed all of this course. I was particularly interested in of the impact of too much help. I agree that teachers really need to push back with students and parents because we are disabling them, and so the information about autonomy and competence was useful.”

Sarah Flynn, Marian College, NZ

“I got a lot out of this. It was good to actually write down my thinking as this is an effective way of reflecting to understand.”

Primary school teacher, Garran PS, ACT

Meet Michael

Michael Griffin is an educator, keynote speaker, author and pianist. He is the author of eight books including his latest book suitable for all teachers and parents, Metacognition: Teaching Children to Think, and Children and Learning – For Parents. Michael has contributed articles and papers to a number of professional publications in Australia, USA and UK, and has delivered professional development courses in over 30 countries. As a teacher, Michael taught for 25 years in government, catholic and independent schools, as a music teacher and faculty leader up to Deputy Head level. Michael is an endorsed teacher training provider for NESA NSW and ACT's Teacher Qualifications Institute (TQI).
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