Course | Creating a Culture of Thinking: Metacognition in the Classroom

Availability

Start anytime and you have 180 days to complete this course once enrolled.

Instructor

Professional development courses offered by the University of San Diego’s Division of Professional & Continuing Education are taught by faculty that possess a depth and breadth of academic and real-world professional experience.

Course Description

Make Engaged Thinking the Norm in Your Classroom
Creating a Culture of Thinking: Metacognition in the Classroom will help educators from all age groups and disciplines learn to promote critical thinking in the classroom to help students become active and engaged in their own education. Participants will learn how to make thinking more visible to students and thereby supports students’ own metacognitive awareness and growth.

Course Details

Number of Units: 2.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours
Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for teachers (K-12) who want to learn brain-based strategies to promote critical thinking with their students to foster a culture of engagement and learning.
Course Materials: Text, Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools by Ron Ritchhart, available at Amazon.com or your local bookstore.

What You Will Learn

- Identify elements of culture in a classroom and how they affect student learning
- Evaluate brain-based strategies for instruction and assessment
- Create a unit of study that ties together all of the elements of a metacognitive culture and classroom

Credit

Credit/Unit may be available for this course and may vary by country or institution. Please verify eligibility with University of San Diego Professional & Continuing Education.