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Publications and Conferences

Mr Metacognition is a serial author and speaker on the topic of metacognition. 

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Below are links to all of Mr Metacognition's books, articles, podcasts and conference appearances. Future appearances are also listed.

BOOKS

Metacognition and Curriculum (name to be finalised) - Authored, Sage (expected 2025)

Metacognition and Leadership (name to be finalised) - Authored, Sage (expected 2025)

Supercharging Your Revision (name to be finalised) - Co-authored, Bloomsbury (expected 2025)

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Teaching Hacks – Fixing Everyday Classroom Issues with Metacognition – Authored and edited, Sage (2024)

Inspiring Deep Learning with Metacognition – Authored, Sage (2023)

CONFERENCES

ResearchEd Cornwall - October 2024

MathsConf - October 2024

FSD Conference Durham - September 2024

ResearchEd National - September 2024

MathsConf Online Conference - August 2024

STEM Secondary Science Conference York - July 2024

ResearchEd Cheshire - July 2024 (with some incredible notes made by an attendee available here)

North East Hants and Surrey MathsHubs Conference - July 2024

MathsConf35 - June 2024

ResearchEd South-West - April 2024

Plymouth Marjon University - December 2023

ARTICLES

Graphic organisers: How do they work & which ones are effective? - Schools Week (Oct 2024)

Learning to Learn - Tooled Up (Sept 2024)

Effective internal communication in schools - SecEd (Sept 2024)

The secrets of secondary - how the brain works and how we learn - FirstNews (Aug 2024)

Developing metacognitive modelling skills - HWRK (July 2024)

A simple proposal to improve homework: don't do it at home - TES (June 2024)

Six situations all trainees should be exposed to - Schools Week (May 2024)

What do students need to know about metacognition? - ALTA (May 2024)

Developing metacognitive processes - HWRK (May 2024)

6 reasons you need an assembly timetable - TES (May 2024)

5 ways to use your alumni to engage current pupils - TES (April 2024)

Could the '3 P's' of leadership help your decision making? - TES (April 2024)

Developing metacognitive evaluation skills - HWRK (March 2024)

Develop metacognitive monitoring skills - HWRK (December 2023)

How to avoid 'expert blindness' in school leadership - TES (December 2023)

Developing metacognitive planning skills - HWRK (October 2023)

How to respond when a pupil asks, 'When am I going to use this?' - TES (September 2023)

Back to school: 5 time-saving tricks for new department heads - TES (August 2023)

Unleashing the power of metacognition - HWRK (June 2023)

Why we need to rethink pupil 'flight paths' - TES (April 2023)

Why it's time to ditch exit tickets - TES (February 2023)

How to use data to spot pupil behaviour issues ahead of time- TES (March 2022)

How to develop a metacognitive tutor programme - TES (December 2021)

Does your school need a staff social sports? - TES (December 2021)

5 ways every teacher can save time on planning - TES (November 2021)

5 fail-safe cover lessons for when you're ill - TES (October 2021)

Could 'silent corridors' work at your school? - TES (September 2021)

Why not is the time to change your seating plan - TES (September 2021)

5 reasons why you should be happy to cover a lesson - TES (August 2021)

Let's talk about how we label high attainers - TES (June 2021)

Metacognition: 7 strategies to use in any class - TES (May 2021)

How to talk to students about politics - without bias - TES (April 2021)

The pitfalls of rewarding good behaviour - TES (April 2021)

How to successfully implement metacognition in your classroom - OUP (February 2021)

Metacognition: 5 remote self-regulation strategies - TES (February 2021)

5 myths about metacognition that we need to banish - TES (January 2021)

5 common mistakes when teaching pupils how to learn - TES (December 2020)

Podcasts

5 Strategies for Metacognition - The (Un)official Teacher's Manual (September 2024)

Metacognition: What? Why? How? - STEM Community (September 2024)

The School Trip Debate - TTR (June 2024)

The Future of Education is Worrisome, But There are Passionate People who Care Deeply and Can Drive Positive Change - Not Another Teacher Podcast (June 2024)

Metacognitive Tools for Writing - Jonathan Firth (June 2024)

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