Seite 1 The Need for Tertiary-Level Students to Have Metacognitive Skills Michael Williams MEd

Seite 2 The Need for Metacognitive Skills  Areas of Importance  Metacognitive Skills  Ways of Promoting Metacognition

Seite 3 Areas of Importance: The 3 Cs Content (CLIL) Careers Citizenship Tertiary Institutions Learning Organizations Communities of Practice

Seite 4 Metacognitive Skills Critical Thinking “The art of thinking about your thinking.” - Richard Paul Cognitive skills enable one to know about the world. Metacognitive skills (meta-knowing) entail knowing about one’s (and other’s) knowing. Reflection

Seite 5 Areas of Importance: The 3 Cs Content (CLIL) Careers Citizenship Tertiary Institutions Learning Organizations Communities of Practice

Seite 6 Ways of Promoting Metacognition - Content  giving class Gurus of Management presentations  having papers What are the three main critiqued philosophical purposes of work?  conducting ind./grp.Analyzing local cultures research projects

Seite 7 Ways of Promoting Metacognition - Reflection  giving class preparation and performance presentations to negotiate mark  having papers argumentation and research/ critiqued writing process (oral exam)  conducting ind./grp. team project steps and interaction research projects

Seite 8 Thank you for your attention. “Individuals with well-developed metacognitive skills are in control of their own beliefs in the sense of exercising conscious control over their evolution in the face of external influences. They know what they think and justify why. Their skills in the conscious coordination of theory and evidence also put them in a position to evaluate the assertions of others.” from Kuhn, “A Developmental Model of Critical Thinking”