Post 7

 Before reading Kuma's chapter on learner autonomy I thought I knew all about it. I just thought it was common sense that the learner has a say in how they learn. I now understand more, that the teacher must influence the student to want to understand how to learn.  Metacognition is a complicated idea because it's weird to think about thinking, but if we set the oddness aside we can really focus on the important factors of what it takes in order to learn. I think it is important for students to understand the way they learn because this can help them self-correct. One of the 4 processes that enable learners to exercise control over their learning is evaluating.  In the book it says this is done at the end of an activity. I disagree with this. The example given was reflecting and thinking about what to do differently next time. While I think this is a good idea, I personally think it's better that the student correct himself in the process. I feel that they need to know that mistakes are okay and once they recognize that they have made a mistake the best thing to do is correct it. I feel this will actually facilitate learner autonomy because they will be self aware.
 I feel that this idea did not come into play until the end of high school, through college for me. In high school, like most others I feel, were just interested in finishing their work. Looking back on things I wish I would have known then what I know now. I think this idea ties in well with intuitive heuristic learning because it focuses on the learner knowing and understanding their learning process. I question whether high school students have the ability to think in this mindset. I wonder if the maturity level of the students needs to be higher in order to think of learning in such a way. Whether they can or cannot understand I think it's important to bring to their attention. Maybe once it is, they will be able to grasp the concept at least a little bit in order to start the metacognitive process.