KEY THEMES For ORGANISATIONS, leaders and teachers:
Self-regulated learning (or more broadly self-regulation)
Metacognition
Reflective Practice
Motivational science (including mindset, goals, self-efficacy, and attributions)
Personal Mastery
POPULAR TOPICS
FOSTERING SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM
Research shows that few teachers possess the necessary knowledge and beliefs to create rich self-regulated learning environments. Many self-directed learning initiatives are quickly embedding themselves in schools (e.g. project based learning, inquiry based learning, online-learning, blended learning), but in order for students to succeed in these self-directed environments, students need to be effective self-regulated learners.
This presentation highlights the importance of self-regulated learning in a rapidly changing world, deconstructs the fundamental elements of self-regulated learning, and provides guidance for how schools and educators can begin to transform their classrooms for self-regulated learning.
LEARNING AS A LENS FOR LEADERSHIP
Have you ever found yourself not asking a question out of fear that you might appear incapable?
Have you ever wondered why some tasks are easier to tackle than others?
Have you ever been easily frustrated with fellow staff or students and wanted to adopt a more productive thinking pattern?
And so the list goes on. Each one of these questions can be answered by drawing on research in the field of cognitive psychology, particularly in the areas of motivation, cognition, and metacognition.
ThE ART OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICe
Whether it be innovation, strategic planning, or the dynamic team meeting, every situation is an opportunity for a leader to engage in reflective thinking, propelling business forward. Why? Reflective thinking is like a superpower, it’s heightened awareness and the ability to acutely monitor oneself, immediately altering behaviour that rapidly moves you closer to the desired outcome.
Some leaders are floating, engaged in habitual actions with very low levels of reflective thinking, whilst truly transformational leaders engage in a form of deep and critical reflective thinking. The difference? Transformational leaders engage in reflective and reflexive practice.
Research has demonstrated that individuals who build reflective practice into their work, learn faster, regulate their behaviour, and contribute to the development of an adaptive organisation. As the late John Dewey stated, “we do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience”.
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