Metacognition
According
to the reading, metacognition is the act of monitoring and control of thought. While
I was reading the article, I kept on thinking how I can implement this into my
teaching. I can't help, but tying this to teaching for social justice and how we should give the students the opportunity to be aware of what is really happening in their community. I feel that
teaching for social justice and implementing metacognition in the classroom can go hand in hand, because in
metacognition, students are checking whether they comprehend what they are readin, and whether what they are doing make any sense. Therefore, there are so many strategies they can use to help them make sure they are really comprehending the text. The way we might be able to combine social justice and metacognition might be giving the students the opportunity to read articles regarding their community and see if they can come up with a strategy to make sense of the text.
So looking at the illustrations, how would you use
metacognition and tying it together with teaching for social justice? Do you think teachers can incorporate metacognition with teaching for social justice? Please
explain. Have you seen teachers using metacognition in your field work and how do they use it?
Hi Van,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this! I liked the pictures you added, especially the first one because if someone does not completely understand what metacognition is they can look at that one. I think that metacognition and social justice might go together, but I do not think it is as clear for me. I understand that when you teach for social justice you are having the students think critically about the things that are going on in their communities. Metacognition is when you think about what you are thinking. So, this means thinking about if what you are doing makes sense. In this way, social justice can be used because the student has to think about if they understand what is going on in their community. If I were to teach metacognition and social justice together in my classroom, I would talk about an issue that the community is facing. Then, I would have some kind of activity or discussion to see if the student comprehends the information. I think I still need clarification on this in order to fully understand how I would teach them together.
Thank you!!
Tina Skukan
Hi Tina,
ReplyDeleteYou know what? I think you are absolutely right. I guess I was just confused a bit on the notion of thinking what you're thinking, but the way you broke it down as to "Thinking about if what you're doing makes sense" made more sense to me now. Now that I think about it again, it is a bit hard to incorporate these two together, unless the students are reading an article about their community and they are monitoring whether the information makes any sense to them. Thank you for the feedback, it really helped!
Van
Great visuals Van! I think that I would metacognition for social justice by ensuring that my students understand the concept of social justice. Meaning I would have them critically think about the situations, good or bad, that are going on in their own communities and see what they come up. Maybe having them group together and explain on a presentation what they see or hear and explain to the class why they feel this way or think this way from their own community. But at the same time I can see why it would be difficult to do as well. Sometimes the students won't want to think about the community situations or crimes and it can be hard for them to fully understand sometimes as well. But I think incorporating the metacognition and social justice is a good way to really see how the students think and understand what is going on in their community!
ReplyDeleteHi Van!
ReplyDeleteSomething I've seen in my classroom is that my teacher has the students write what they're thinking next to the reading passage given to them. This helps them process what they're reading. In the end, this helps them better understand the content in the reading and how it connects to the way they were thinking about the content. This could help them understand any misconceptions they may have had and helps them over come those misconceptions.