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Metacognitive Teaching
How to narrow the attainment gap and promote equity in the classroom
Metacognitive Teaching
How to narrow the attainment gap and promote equity in the classroom
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Description
Every teacher knows the frustration: despite your best efforts, some pupils still struggle whilst others race ahead. This game-changing toolkit reveals the research-proven solution that's transforming classrooms across the UK. Disadvantaged children often arrive at school without the 'invisible' learning skills their peers take for granted-like knowing how to break down a tricky problem, check their own work, or recognise when they're stuck. Metacognitive teaching makes these thinking skills visible and teachable.
Anoara Mughal, metacognition specialist and 18-year teaching veteran, translates cutting-edge educational research into immediately usable strategies that work in real classrooms. No complex theory-just practical techniques that help every pupil develop the thinking skills they need to succeed.
Pupils who once said "I can't do this" start saying "I don't know how to do this yet, what's my next step?" Children develop confidence, independence, and resilience that serves them across every subject. This isn't another add-on to your already packed curriculum-it's a way of teaching that embeds naturally into every lesson, every subject, every day.
This isn't another add-on to your already packed curriculum-it's a way of teaching that embeds naturally into every lesson, every subject, every day. With step-by-step guidance, real classroom examples, and troubleshooting advice for common challenges, Metacognitive Teaching finally makes closing the attainment gap achievable for every teacher.
Table of Contents
2 What is metacognition – and how does it support disadvantaged learners?
3 Teachers' metacognition
4 Metacognitive modelling
5 PCCME: The blueprint for metacognitive learning
6 Making metacognition explicit
7 Subject-specific metacognitive strategies
8 Monitoring progress in metacognitive growth
9 Teaching metacognition for wellbeing
10 Metacognition and revision
11 The path forward
References
Index
Product details
| Published | 29 Sep 2026 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781801998147 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Education |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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This is very informative and easy to understand especially as an ECT. It's given me some great insight and ideas to use.
Pippa-Louise M, Netgalley
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Anoara Mughal's book is a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of metacognition and why it matters so deeply for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Practical, reflective and rooted in real classroom experience, this book is an invaluable guide for educators wanting to develop children's thinking, self-regulation and independence. It also prompted me to reflect on children who may be academically capable but have not yet been given the tools or opportunities to think about their own thinking. A genuinely important and timely read.
Toria Bono - Year Leader & PSHE Lead
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Each chapter is broken down into concise, easily digestible sections that are rich in theory while remaining memorable and readily applicable in practice.
Lauren Boyer, interim Deputy Head, Just Content
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This book is essential reading for school leaders and practitioners who want to ensure that metacognitive practice is used intentionally to ensure no child is left behind… [It] reinforces the universality of effective instruction and the importance of making these elements explicit, intentional and purposeful.
Laura Boyer, interim Deputy Head, Just Content
























