Using PRA techniques as metacognitive strategies to develop indigenous knowledge - A case study

Abstract

Farmers must be strategic and engage in strategies to build connections between new knowledge and prior knowledge. Therefore, learning strategies serve an important role in the learning process. The term learning strategy generally includes both cognitive and metacognitive strategies. People who have metacognitive strategies are equipped with knowledge and control over their thinking and learning activities. A case study of reaching higher levels of cognition using metacognitive strategies through Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques (PRA) implemented in the Western province of Iran shows PRA techniques can be an effective strategy for developing metacognitive behaviour among farmers.