Metacognition

Metacognition involves
reflecting on knowledge, experiences, and approaches to learning. It might
involve summarizing or explaining newly-learned information or describing how
this new information can be used in the workplace. 

To illustrate how
participatory learning experiences and metacognition can fit together in
training activities, let’s consider those concepts in terms of a simple, but
effective and commonly-used debriefing model, Experience Identify Analyze Generalize (EIAG), developed by
professional educator and trainer Ron Stadsklev. 

http://ron.stadsklev.info/the-eiag-debriefing-model/

• Experience – a
  trainer delivers a specific piece of information or training content to
  participants using a combination of content delivery modes (mini-lecture,
  video, presentation software display, reading selection, etc.) and then gives
  them a participatory learning
  activity to DO SOMETHING with the new information, either individually or in
  groups.  (the metacognition parts come next)
• Identify
  –  participants
  describe the learning experience that just happened – What exactly did you do?
  What was significant about it to you?
• Analyze
  – participants think about what they just described and
  analyze the description they provided – What went well or was easy for you? Why
  do you think it went well/was easy? What didn’t go well or was challenging for
  you? Why do you think it didn’t go well/was challenging?
• Generalize
  – participants draw conclusions based on their analysis –
  What new information have you learned? How can this new information be used in
  your workplace?

You will work more with these ideas in later sections of FET that deal specifically with training planning and design during our Face to Face training day.

ThinkSpot:

Look
at the written responses you recorded on the Experiences Build Brain Architecture worksheet. What, if any,
elements of Optimal Conditions for Adult
Learning can be identified in that learning experience?

How
could you incorporate two pieces of knowledge you have acquired about creating
Optimal Conditions for Adult Learning into that learning experience?