Meta-Cognition strand
Teachers are best placed to choose teaching and learning activities that are appropriate for their students, taking into consideration students' home circumstances and the resources available to them.
Students could:
- keep a hardcopy or online ‘Me as a learner’ journal that records progress in their use of strategies to manage out-of-school learning and that covers, for example, time management, setting goals and ways to break down a larger task
- experiment with given strategies to retain new knowledge (for example, from an English text or History or Science topics) and make a recording demonstrating and discussing a preferred strategy
- work on an inquiry focus suited to their out-of-school circumstances but use a shared process; for example, all students could use a fieldwork process to investigate their local community and contribute to discussions about what each stage of the process involves
- work on solving a problem using out-of-school resources (for example, an engineering challenge using mathematical and scientific concepts and involving household materials) and establish a purpose and criteria for evaluating if the purpose has been achieved
- monitor given sources on a selected issue (such as a health, sport, economic or scientific issue) and be guided to reflect on the factors that are influencing the thinking of a stakeholder, including reflecting on the role of experts, the media and/or citizen groups.