In Episode 3 (recorded on 17th of June), which is the second half of a two-parter, I'm again joined by Aoife Abushaqra. Aoife is a leading MYP and DP English teacher and our school’s Theory of Knowledge (ToK) Coordinator. We’ll be continuing our discussion about metacognition and self-regulated learners. Among the topics addressed are epistemological links, standardised testing, different national approaches, a few misconceptions about metacognition, a brief look at some IB guiding documentation, and finally some examples to explain how and why the MYP and metacognition work so well together.

The two articles referred to during this episode are:

1. Making the Abstract Explicit: The Role Of Metacognition In Teaching And Learning (August 2020)

Policy Paper

https://ibo.org/globalassets/publications/ib-research/policy/metacognition-policy-paper.pdf

and

2. Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning – Guidance Report (2018)

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)

https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/31617/1/EEF_Metacognition_and_self-regulated_learning.pdf

For a short but useful introduction to metacognition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZrUWvfU6VU&t=62s