COD 2025 - D820

Metacognition in the Classroom: Activities to Promote Metacognitive Learning

All teachers at primary and secondary school level

6 sessions, start: 04-Aug

Course detail

Year: 2025
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Mag. María Barberis, Mrs. Romina Paola Cariati MA
Print course
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 180000.00
Non affiliate
ARS 180000.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Schedule
1 04 August - 10 August 2025 Online session
2 11 August - 17 August 2025 Online session
3 18 August - 24 August 2025 Online session
4 25 August - 31 August 2025 Online session
5 08 September - 14 September 2025 Online session
6 15 September - 21 September 2025 Online session

Facilitator/s

María Barberis

Maria Barberis is an educational leader, teacher trainer, and author passionate about transforming classrooms into cultures of thinking. Since 2012, she has worked closely with the ideas of Project Zero, helping educators bring Visible Thinking and Teaching for Understanding (TfU) into meaningful classroom practice.

With more than 25 years of leadership experience at Colegio Marín—as Head of the English Department, IBDP Coordinator, and School Principal—Maria has championed learning environments where both students and teachers feel valued, heard, and intellectually challenged.

She currently serves as a teacher trainer at ESSARP and as an Educational Consultant, supporting schools and leadership teams in Northern Buenos Aires. Maria is co-author of Las Tecnologías en (y para) la Educación (FLACSO, Uruguay) and El Aula Vivencial: de la clase recitada a la experiencia de aprendizaje (Editorial Bonum).

Her academic background includes a Professorship in English from Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), a Diploma in ELT Management from the University of Surrey, and an MA in Education Management from Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM).

Romina Paola Cariati

Romina Cariati is a leading figure in educational management, a trainer, and an author specializing in the practical application of Neuroscience, Visible Thinking, and Teaching for Understanding (TfU) in the classroom.
Since 2011, her professional practice has focused on these active methodologies, which she applies as a trainer and pedagogical consultant for various institutions, including the Ministry of Education of the Province of Buenos Aires.
She is the CEO of Universo Orión, a brand dedicated to fostering reflection and educational debate. She is the author of the book Rutinas de Pensamiento: herramientas para desarrollar mentes críticas en el aula and the co-author of El Aula Vivencial: de la clase recitada a la experiencia de aprendizaje (Ed. Bonum).
Her education includes a Bachelor's Degree in Education (UNQUI), a Professorship in English (UMSA), and post-graduate qualifications in Socio-Educational Policies and School Mediation. Her prior experience covers the co-founding of the Westbridge School of English in Banfield, the coordination of English institutes, and serving as the Vice-Principal of a prestigious bilingual school in the southern region of Buenos Aires.
All teachers at primary and secondary school level
- To discover how metacognitive practice can be used to improve learning.
- To reflect upon the different metacognitive processes our students experience when learning.
- To learn new metacognitive strategies and tools.
- What metacognition is and looks like in the English classroom.
- Planning using metacognitive tools and strategies.
- Metacognition and Assessment.
- Online course consisting of 6 modules which will provide you with plenty of ideas and strategies to take, adopt and adapt to your needs.
- Reflection forums to analyze the strategies shared.
- Active forum participation is desired.
Bibliography and resources will be shared throughout the course.
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