To achieve their full potential, it is essential that children develop skills to become autonomous learners, yet this skill does not come naturally to many learners. This book is a practical teaching and planning guide to the theory, practice and the implementation of evidence-based approaches to develop essential metacognitive and self-study skills.
How to Create Autonomous Learners explains how to get students, parents and partners on board and how to implement these ideas across a class, school, or consortium. Areas covered include:
- How to get children and young people ready to learn.
- Why it is important to teach learning strategies.
- Encouraging children to become more active in the process of learning while also nurturing the development of creativity.
- How to harness learner motivation as metacognition and motivation are highly linked.
Easily applicable in any classroom, this essential resource supports children''s developme
