Developing a Metacognitive Curriculum
Nathan Burns
- Secondary teacher, UK
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Discover how to enhance your school’s curriculum and boost student outcomes by applying metacognition across secondary subject teaching.
This book offers secondary school teachers and curriculum leaders a comprehensive guide on how to build metacognitive strategies into curriculum design, maximising student learning outcomes. It sets out the groundwork for applying metacognitive approaches to teaching and learning, from avoiding pitfalls to whole school strategy, before looking in detail at nine secondary curriculum subjects and the application of metacognitive teaching to tutor time.
Through expert insights and practical strategies, grouped around planning, monitoring and evaluation, it explores what joined-up and effective metacognitive teaching looks like in different subject disciplines.
This book offers secondary school teachers and curriculum leaders a comprehensive guide on how to build metacognitive strategies into curriculum design, maximising student learning outcomes. It sets out the groundwork for applying metacognitive approaches to teaching and learning, from avoiding pitfalls to whole school strategy, before looking in detail at nine secondary curriculum subjects and the application of metacognitive teaching to tutor time.
Through expert insights and practical strategies, grouped around planning, monitoring and evaluation, it explores what joined-up and effective metacognitive teaching looks like in different subject disciplines.
Contents
Part I: Key Concepts
- Chapter 1: Metacognitive Theory
- Chapter 2: The Pitfalls of Implementation
- Chapter 3: Determining Your Focus
- Chapter 4: Embedding Change
- Chapter 5: Whole School Versus Subject Specific Implementation
- Chapter 6: Strategy Choices
Part II: Curriculum Areas
- Chapter 7: Mathematics
- Chapter 8: Science
- Chapter 9: English
- Chapter 10: The Humanities
- Chapter 11: Music and Performing Arts
- Chapter 12: Physical Education
- Chapter 13: Computing
- Chapter 14: Art
- Chapter 15: Modern Foreign Languages
- Chapter 16: The Tutor Curriculum and Metacognition
Additional materials
Description
Discover how to enhance your school’s curriculum and boost student outcomes by applying metacognition across secondary subject teaching.
This book offers secondary school teachers and curriculum leaders a comprehensive guide on how to build metacognitive strategies into curriculum design, maximising student learning outcomes. It sets out the groundwork for applying metacognitive approaches to teaching and learning, from avoiding pitfalls to whole school strategy, before looking in detail at nine secondary curriculum subjects and the application of metacognitive teaching to tutor time.
Through expert insights and practical strategies, grouped around planning, monitoring and evaluation, it explores what joined-up and effective metacognitive teaching looks like in different subject disciplines.
This book offers secondary school teachers and curriculum leaders a comprehensive guide on how to build metacognitive strategies into curriculum design, maximising student learning outcomes. It sets out the groundwork for applying metacognitive approaches to teaching and learning, from avoiding pitfalls to whole school strategy, before looking in detail at nine secondary curriculum subjects and the application of metacognitive teaching to tutor time.
Through expert insights and practical strategies, grouped around planning, monitoring and evaluation, it explores what joined-up and effective metacognitive teaching looks like in different subject disciplines.
Contents
Part I: Key Concepts
- Chapter 1: Metacognitive Theory
- Chapter 2: The Pitfalls of Implementation
- Chapter 3: Determining Your Focus
- Chapter 4: Embedding Change
- Chapter 5: Whole School Versus Subject Specific Implementation
- Chapter 6: Strategy Choices
Part II: Curriculum Areas
- Chapter 7: Mathematics
- Chapter 8: Science
- Chapter 9: English
- Chapter 10: The Humanities
- Chapter 11: Music and Performing Arts
- Chapter 12: Physical Education
- Chapter 13: Computing
- Chapter 14: Art
- Chapter 15: Modern Foreign Languages
- Chapter 16: The Tutor Curriculum and Metacognition
Additional materials
March 2026 | 200 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 11/07/2025 | 9781036205805 | $30.00 |
| Hardcover | 11/07/2025 | 9781036205812 | $90.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 27/02/2026 | 9781036206352 | $18.00 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2026 | 9781036206352 | $26.00 |
Discover how to enhance your school’s curriculum and boost student outcomes by applying metacognition across secondary subject teaching.
This book offers secondary school teachers and curriculum leaders a comprehensive guide on how to build metacognitive strategies into curriculum design, maximising student learning outcomes. It sets out the groundwork for applying metacognitive approaches to teaching and learning, from avoiding pitfalls to whole school strategy, before looking in detail at nine secondary curriculum subjects and the application of metacognitive teaching to tutor time.
Through expert insights and practical strategies, grouped around planning, monitoring and evaluation, it explores what joined-up and effective metacognitive teaching looks like in different subject disciplines.
This book offers secondary school teachers and curriculum leaders a comprehensive guide on how to build metacognitive strategies into curriculum design, maximising student learning outcomes. It sets out the groundwork for applying metacognitive approaches to teaching and learning, from avoiding pitfalls to whole school strategy, before looking in detail at nine secondary curriculum subjects and the application of metacognitive teaching to tutor time.
Through expert insights and practical strategies, grouped around planning, monitoring and evaluation, it explores what joined-up and effective metacognitive teaching looks like in different subject disciplines.
Table Of Contents:
- Part I: Key Concepts
- Chapter 1: Metacognitive Theory
- Chapter 2: The Pitfalls of Implementation
- Chapter 3: Determining Your Focus
- Chapter 4: Embedding Change
- Chapter 5: Whole School Versus Subject Specific Implementation
- Chapter 6: Strategy Choices
- Part II: Curriculum Areas
- Chapter 7: Mathematics
- Chapter 8: Science
- Chapter 9: English
- Chapter 10: The Humanities
- Chapter 11: Music and Performing Arts
- Chapter 12: Physical Education
- Chapter 13: Computing
- Chapter 14: Art
- Chapter 15: Modern Foreign Languages
- Chapter 16: The Tutor Curriculum and Metacognition