mrmetacognition.bsky.social
Metacognitive trainer, author and researcher | Writer for TES, OUP, Sec Ed, Schools Week, HWRK and more | Former Head of Maths, Pastoral Lead, More Able Coordinator | All things education, T&L and research! | DMs open for Q's and bookings!
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But I do think it matters, and I'd love to see students reaction to the consistent use of a phrase, just like this.
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This phrase doesn't isolate a student, focus on the negatives too much or seem despiriting.
Perhaps it doesn't matter too much. And perhaps I'm getting far too in to semantics on a Friday night.
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And so phraseology becomes oh so important.
And perhaps Pitbull has nailed it.
Perhaps the best way to sell feedback and improvement to students is simply with a lyric from a song.
"The biggest room in the world is room for improvement".
Positive. Optimistic. Universal.
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Feedback and identification of areas for growth can be so demoralising for students. By their very nature of being areas for improvement, it means that the student can (needs?) to do better. This can be demotivating (however fundamental 'improving' is to the process of learning).
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Hi. Just drop me a message and I'll be able to help!
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Implementation does not equate to extra. Sometimes we need to tweak. Sometimes we need to remove. Sometimes we need to replace.
We always need to consider the cost-benefit that extra staff workload will bring.
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A glorious day! Gutted I couldn't stay for your talk as I had to head back down South after my session!
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👏👏👏 Normalise this sort of thing!
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Absolutely!!
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Thank you as well to everyone at the Summit who came to speak to Ezra and give him lots of freebies! He's always wanted to come to work with me, and now he thinks that I just eat cake, have amazing food and get free pens 😅
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Thank you for the flexibility, which meant that I was still able to attend and speak to so many staff about metacognition, modelling and monitoring!
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Further details over the coming weeks, so please do keep an eye out. Any shares and tags, to ensure that this can be accessed by the most people possible, would be hugely appreciated.
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Recordings will be available too, ensuring that everyone can access this asynchronously, too. Too often, free PD offerings are at times, either virtually, or in-person, that teachers just cannot get to, so I'm hoping 6 hours of recordings will go some way to address that.
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Quite the half term. I'd suggest that Spring 2 will be a little calmer, but I'm not sure it will be.
Once again, an absolute privilege to be so busy, and to have the opportunity to work with so many schools, teachers and trainees.
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Yes those who raised it were older than me, so perhaps a generational thing?
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I certainly don't have any answers, nor a real rationale for this thread apart from...
Well, what does everyone else think?
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Or is it that those of a certain age are still fearful of disclosing their own diagnosis, despite the current generation not judging, well, at all, really?
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But maybe it's because there's a stigma. A child with ADHD is naughty. A child with ASD struggles socially.
Or maybe it's because these kids 'aren't clever', so how can I, as a successful professional, possibly have the same diagnosis?
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How could I possibly go up in front of hundreds of people with ease?
How could I possibly feel comfortable socialising with hundreds of people I've never met?
How can I stay organised, and run my own business?
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But I'm so comfortable with my ASD, and the more recent discovery I likely have ADHD, that it doesn't.
Being neurodivergent isn't a weakness. It's just who I am.
So why is it such a big shock when I mentioned ASD/ADHD?
Is it myth, or unconscious bias?
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My ASD and (likely) ADHD aren't typically key parts of my talks, but neither am I afraid to shy away from them.
It doesn't feel like a big thing to me. Perhaps it should?
Perhaps doing this thread now, should also feel like a big thing?
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Therefore, I've developed the following framework - the 3 Pillars of Metacognition - allowing us to identify the key skills which make an individual metacognitive, and determine the areas in which we need to develop our young people.
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It really was, all to steal a £1 maybe? Or the inconvenience of getting their own trolley from outside?
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Very!
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The staff in the store had never seen it happen so can't be all too regular. Most frustrating was we'd spend ages combing the clothes sales racks and had actually found some bits. Fortunately we got them back!
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Coffee! Always the answer! 😅
Absolutely loved it 💪
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Isn't he just?
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I'll be honest, I haven't delved into the kinks that MC may have there but it would be intriguing to dig more. It's definitely where we get a big MC and self regulation overlap!
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That's very kind, thank you! It's a delight for me to be able to come in and deliver my expertise, and to work with individuals who see the power of metacognition. Thank you!
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Further details, and tickets, are here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/phoen...