Date of Publication: 2008-06-01

This little book aims to clarify and give a synoptic description of both the notions of ‘Metacognition’ and ‘Theory of Mind’, as well as a short comparison of these two ‘hot’ scientific topics. After giving the theoretical framework of the concept of ‘Metacognition’, it describes a number of practical suggestions of how educators of all levels can enhance their students’ metacognitive abilities in practice. Then it analyzes all the basic aspects of the concept of ‘Theory of Mind’ and its relation to Language. Finally, it tries to combine the two theoretical concepts, i.e. ‘Metacognition’ and ‘Theory of Mind’, by making some helpful clarifications and identifying their major similarities, differences and convergences. In this way, the author hopes strongly to contribute to the resume of the Literature Review in a concise and handy volume, and wishes to help all the interesting parts, scholars and teachers, to do their own insights and improvements (theoretical and practical) in these crucial areas.

Eleonora Papaleontiou - Louca is an assistant professor in Psychology at the European University Cyprus and a special scientist at the University of Cyprus. She has a Bachelor degree in Education (Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus and Aristotelian University of Thessalonica, Greece), an M.A. in Education (University of Reading, U.K.) and a PhD in Developmental / Educational Psychology (Cardiff University, U.K.). She has worked in various educational levels: preschool, primary school, special education, institutes of higher education, at the Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus and at the University of Cyprus.

She has published many articles at Greek and international journals, recent titles published include “Current Approaches in Preschool Education”, (Tipothito publishers, Greece) and “Metacognition: Theory and Practice” (Thumari publishers in Greece). Dr E. Louca has also given to parents many talks related to children’s upbringing issues. Her research interests include: Metacognition, Theory of Mind, Young Children’s Self-Regulation, Language Development, Emotional Development and Emotional Intelligence.

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