Pause To Learn

Question 1

What is meta-cognition?

Answer 1

Thinking about thinking – how do humans think and make sense of the world? How do we learn?

Question 2

What is meta-learning?

Answer 2

Thinking about learning.

Question 3

Explain two learning theories?

Answer 3

Learning Orientation:
- People can improve their intelligence and learning by making more effort. It is a growth or incremental theory of intelligence.

Performance Orientation:
The idea that intelligence is fixed and that learning is decided by innate ability. This is a fixed or entity theory of intelligence.

Question 4

What are SMART targets?

Answer 4

S: Specific 
M: Measurable 
A: Achievable 
R: Realistic 
T: Timely

Question 5

What is Covey’s learning habits? What stages do they take us through?

Answer 5

Dependence -> Independence -> Interdependence

Habits 1-3 enabled individuals to move from being dependent on others to being independent and capable of running their own lives and making their own decisions. He called this “Private Victory”.

1: Be Productive
2: Begin with the end in mind
3: Put first thing first

Habits 4-7 then enabled independent people to collaborate together to become much more productive. He used the phrase “interdependence” and called this “Public Victory”.

4: Think win-win
5: Seek first to understand not to be understood
6: Synergise
7: Sharpen the Saw

Question 6

What is a paradigm?

Answer 6

A model, theory, perception, assumption or frame of reference

The way we see the world in terms of our understanding, perceiving and interpreting.

Question 7

What is a paradigm shift?

Answer 7

Changing the way we see things – looking at things differently.