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Before learning can travel, it has to become visible. “The Mirror in the Woods” explores metacognition as the hinge skill that turns experience into insight and practice into growth. This episode explains why noticing your thinking changes your learning, how reflection prevents shallow automaticity, and how teachers, leaders, parents, and students can build simple routines that strengthen self-awareness without increasing cognitive load.

Grounded in research on metacognition, self-regulated learning, and cognitive apprenticeship, this episode connects reflection to schema-building, transfer, and long-term adaptability. A practical and humane bridge episode that prepares the forest for the next arc: learning that travels.

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