The Pedagogy of Self-Authorship: The Neurocognitive Impact of Science and Metacognition

The book explores the developmental and neurocognitive impact of metacognition and its role in self-transformation, connecting science, problem-solving, and self-development with educational practices. It highlights self-regulation, self-authorship, and self-transformation as key learning goals in a free and equitable education system. Interviews with experts and the author's autobiographical account provide evidence of the effectiveness of metacognitive pedagogy in promoting transformative learning. The book concludes with a general pedagogy of metacognitive instruction that integrates the scientific method with the development of an individual's theory of mind.

Format: Hardback
Length: 191 pages
Publication date: 15 October 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This book delves deeply into the developmental and neurocognitive implications of metacognition and its role in self-transformation. It seamlessly integrates the latest scientific research on learning, neuroplasticity, and self-development with the rich history of metacognitive educational practices, creating a vision for education that is capable of addressing the complex challenges faced by modern education. This vision emphasizes self-regulation, self-authorship, and self-transformation as the primary learning goals of a free and equitable education system. Grounded in science, problem-solving, and the ability to address the needs of a neurologically diverse humanity, this model of education offers a promising approach to promoting transformative learning. Interviews with experts at the Program for the Advancement of Learning (PAL) are incorporated into the author's autobiographical account of their transformative learning experience, providing valuable evidence on the effectiveness of utilizing a metacognitive pedagogy in fostering transformative learning. The book concludes with a comprehensive pedagogy of metacognitive instruction that combines the scientific method with the development of an individual's theory of mind to facilitate expansive personal development and achievement. This book will be of great interest to educators, scholars, practitioners supporting neurodivergent students and employees, neurodiversity advocates, and critical disability studies researchers.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031414350
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023