METACOGNITION’S POTENTIAL FOR EXISTENTIALISM IN CLASSROOMS

• Authors: Ozturk Nesrin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The instrumentality and standardization of education may be important for functioning in contemporary societies. However, reducing education to measurable competencies may result in the loss of human value. Indeed, education becomes real when it relates to the reality of individuals. Existentialist education focuses on students’ freedom and agency; however, it is criticized for not having coherent and convincing educational guides. This analytical comparison paper argues that the premises of Existentialism and the components of metacognition may interact. While metacognitive awareness and thinking for essence lays the ground for individuality and autonomy, metacognitive knowledge relates to self-knowledge and not accepting ready-made concepts through self-questioning and dialogic encounters. Also, metacognitive experiences might mimic existential crises where individuals engage in highly conscious thinking during which metacognitive knowledge and regulation simultaneously help the individual deal with failure or anxiety. During such experiences, metacognitive regulation might facilitate individuals’ free choices and responsible engagement when building the self or handling difficulties. In this sense, enhancing metacognition may help individuals’ transition to the existing phase by building adequate self-knowledge and regulating thinking. This paper, finally, describes a set of pedagogies for fostering metacognition that could potentially facilitate existential attitudes or behaviours in mainstream classrooms.

Keywords

EN

AWARENESS; EXISTENTIALISM; METACOGNITION; PEDAGOGY

• Publisher: Faculty of Education, Trnava University
• Journal: Pedagogický časopis (Journal of Pedagogy)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 123 – 141

Contributors

author

Ozturk Nesrin

• Izmir Democracy University, Faculty of Education, Curriculum & Instruction department, Üçkuyular mah. Gürsel Aksel bulvarı, No: 14, Karabağlar, Izmir, Turkey

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/jped-2023-0014