Your learning journey
A clear route from enrolment to award
Follow each stop in order. Your learner area keeps your units, evidence, feedback and progress together.
Stop 1
Enrol and get oriented
Meet your tutor, enter the learner area and plan your study.
Stop 2
Module One: Understanding Metacognition
Unit 1
Stop 3
Module Two: How Learners Think
Unit 2
Stop 4
Module Three: Embedding Metacognition into Teaching
Unit 3
Stop 5
Module Four: Metacognition in Assessment and Feedback
Unit 4
Stop 6
Module 5: Creating a Metacognitive Learning Culture
Unit 5
Stop 7
Complete your practical evidence and tutor review
Put your knowledge into practice and submit the required evidence.
Stop 8
Qualification achieved
Your achievement is quality assured and certificated by WorkplaceHero.
Every completed stop moves you closer to a recognised, portable achievement.
Course overview
What is this qualification?
Metacognition is the difference between a learner who waits to be told and a learner who notices they are stuck and does something about it. This masterclass unpacks what metacognition actually means in practice and gives you approaches you can use in your next session - modelling your own thinking, planning and review routines, and questions that make learners aware of how they learn.
It is practical CPD for teachers, trainers and assessors in further education, skills and the workplace. You leave with strategies you can try immediately and a CPD certificate for your record.
Upcoming start dates
Entry requirements
Please check you meet these before applying.
- Minimum age: 16+
- Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.
Why study with us
Counts towards your CPD
You receive a WorkplaceHero CPD certificate with the hours stated, ready for your CPD log.
Written for FE, skills and the workplace
Examples come from real further education, training and workplace settings, not generic theory.
Practical, not abstract
Every idea comes with something you can try in your next session.
Built for busy people
Short, focused and designed to fit around a working week.
Look inside the course
What you'll study
What you leave with
Certificate
Helping Learners Learn More Effectively: Metacognition
Level 3 - WorkplaceHero
- Issued once you pass all required units
- Logged in your free WorkplaceHero CPD record
- 5 units of evidenced learning
Where this takes you
Talk to us about where this qualification can take you.
Ready to start?
It takes a couple of minutes, and you can ask us anything first.
Participants will discover how metacognitive strategies can improve learner confidence, motivation, problem-solving and achievement by encouraging learners to plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning. The session translates educational research into practical classroom techniques that can be applied immediately across Further Education and Skills.
Ideal for teachers, trainers, assessors, learning support staff and curriculum leaders, this masterclass provides practical tools to embed metacognitive approaches into everyday teaching, learning and assessment.
Assessment
- Practical reflective activity
- Knowledge check
- Personal action plan
Certificate: A WorkplaceHero CPD Certificate will be issued upon successful completion.
Paying for your course
Ways to pay, answered
Frequently asked questions
Answers before you apply
Purchase seats on behalf of your organisation
One payment, then assign seats to your staff by email or shareable link. Volume discount applied automatically.
Studying yourself? £99.00 including VAT.
Pick your intake and pay in the booking box above. You do not need an account first.
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Not sure this is the right course?
Tell us where you're up to and we'll send the full course guide - fees, start dates, entry requirements and how you'll be assessed - then follow up personally. No account needed, and no obligation to apply.
Prefer email? Write to hello@workplacehero.co.uk and we'll reply the same working day. Training a team? We run bespoke cohorts with invoicing and group pricing - talk to our team.