Pedagogical Praxis Series 4: Enhancing Student Thinking through Metacognition

The Pedagogical Praxis Series (PPS) is a series of modules aimed at developing teaching praxis in relation to a variety of research based high leverage practices (HLP’s). These practices cover the basic fundamentals of teaching, used across subject areas, grade levels, and contexts. They are considered high leverage not only because they matter to student learning but because they are basic for advancing skill in teaching, no matter who you are teaching.

Praxis is a term used to describe teaching in action. This stems from the understanding that when knowledge and reflection are not followed by the action they are worthless. So too, when the action does not stem from knowledge and reflection it is uninformed. These Modules provide in-service teachers with the opportunity to select from a ‘menu’ of competencies to custom design a professional development experience pertaining to their own specific needs and development areas.

The PPS Modules are:

• Available in English & Arabic
• Online
• Supported by a Critical Friend- participants must identify 1 critical friend to support their reflection and progress.
• Involve Simulation Training
• Benchmarked against Teacher Standards for the UAE and KSA Teacher Standards and Professional Development Pathways

In the classroom, metacognition is both a process of thinking about thinking and students being taught how to understand themselves as a thinker and learner. Module 4, Enhancing Student Thinking Through Metacognition unpacks how to enhance student thinking through developing metacognitive thinking and practices.

Learning Outcomes:

• To benchmark and review current practices.
• To recognise instructional strategies for enhancing student thinking through metacognition.
• To discuss effective strategies for enhancing student thinking through metacognition.

To demonstrate instructional approaches for enhancing student thinking through metacognition.