The course will allow participants to:
- gain confidence in using metacognitive tools and strategies in their teaching
- enhance their pedagogical expertise to share with colleagues
- build meaningful evidence to support professional development objectives
How the course works:
- Agree your module dates with us.
- Each module is sequenced progressively, allowing participants the
opportunity to explore and build upon their ideas, through engagement
with expert-led 'live' online sessions.
- Each session includes pre- and post-activities to support
participants in experimenting, monitoring and evaluating possibilities
presented to them in a serious and committed fashion.
- Through these activities, participants will build a portfolio of
evidence demonstrating developing skills and their impact. This
includes written accounts such as reflective journals, individual and
group tasks and records of in-school activity that demonstrate
developing skills and their impact.
- The course culminates in a final short assessment in the form of an
individual viva, during which participants are able to share the
development of their pedagogical practice and its impact on student
learning. The viva will be conducted by your course lead, a Thinking
Matters Accredited Trainer (typically a former SLT member at an Exeter
University accredited Thinking School).
- On successful completion, participants will receive certification as a 'Thinking Matters Cognitive Coach'.
Module Learning Intentions:
