In this episode I explore, albeit briefly in around 30 minutes, what I and others acknowledge as issues related to defining and conceptualizing metacognition. This episode is foundational for future episodes.

A transcript of this episode that includes a reference list for the articles I cite and the authors I refer to in this episode is available 'open access' under the title, "Issues related to Defining and Conceptualizing Metacognition: A Concise Review of Perspectives from a Contested Field" at https://ualberta.scholaris.ca/handle/123456789/103375 and the forthcoming DOI for the document is https://doi.org/10.7939/82155

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Greg

In this episode, I seek to explain, albeit briefly in around 30 minutes, what I mean by the 'language of thinking,' and the implications of knowing about and using the language of thinking for our understanding of metacognition, and for considering what could and should happen in educational settings like schools and classrooms within them if they were to become learning environments that were more metacognitively oriented. I make reference to some of the important ideas of Shari Tishman and David Perkins from their paper, 'The language of thinking,' that was published in Phi Delta Kappan in 1997. (It's one of my favourite papers.)

A transcript of this episode that includes a reference list for the articles I cite and refer to in the podcast is available 'open access' under the title 'The Language of thinking: Reflecting on Tishman and Perkins' at https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/a80dd2e8-5a34-4d2f-b871-a3cb79e6890b and the DOI for the document is https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-gyf9-6v95

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In this episode I seek to explain why we need to have a shared perspective regarding what we mean generally by 'thinking.' I propose that we need a shared perspective because, ultimately, metacognition (in practice) needs to be related to identifiable cognitive processes, i.e. thinking processes and strategies that we use in educational settings and everyday. Also, we need such a shared, functional perspective of 'thinking' before we can think about how to engage, pedagogically, the construct of metacognition in everyday educational settings to improve teaching and learning.

A transcript of this episode is available 'open access' under the title 'A perspective on ‘thinking’ (and why it is important for metacognition)' at https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/01801c2a-788b-4eb9-87af-469f0ded6710 and the DOI for the document is https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-5caw-bb65 .

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Sincerely,

Greg