How to Create Autonomous Learners

To achieve their full potential, it is essential that children develop skills to become autonomous learners, yet this skill often does not come naturally. This book is a practical teaching and planning guide to the theory, practice and the implementation of evidence-based approaches to develop essential metacognitive and self-study skills.

Autorentext

Taryn Moir is a Practitioner Senior Educational Psychologist practicing within a local authority and responsible for project work, policy development and in-service training for a large number of primary and secondary schools. She was a lecturer on the Educational Psychology course at the University of Strathclyde and is now an assessor and supervisor for the Level 2 Qualification of Educational Psychology Scotland. Taryn is also Review Editor for two international journals: Frontiers in Education, Special Educational Needs section and Cogent Education.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction and orientation

PART 1: Theory

Chapter 2: Theoretical models

Chapter 3: Research into strategy instruction

Chapter 4: UK research

PART 2: Practice and pedagogy

Chapter 5: Metacognition and Mindset

Chapter 6: Metacognition and Motivation

Chapter 7: How should I teach a strategy?

Chapter 8: Metacognitive strategies and how to teach them

Chapter 9: What cognitive strategies should I teach?

Chapter 10: Successful study skills

PART 3: Implementation at the whole school or authority level

Chapter 11: Whole school implementation

Chapter 12: Pupil participation

Chapter 13: Parental Engagement

Chapter 14: Professional collaboration and a shout out for Educational Psychologists

Chapter 15: Some Final Thoughts

Acknowledgements