self-directed

(adjective)

Directed independently by oneself without external control or constraint.

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Examples of self-directed in the following topics:

  • Resources

  • Additional Resources

    • Critical Issue: Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals: Collection of many resources (including video clips) on how to enhance student self-efficacy (http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr200.htm).
    • Information on self-efficacy: Professor Albert Bandura's web site on self-efficacy.
    • This site collects many learning theories and models in relation to self-efficacy http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/self-efficacy.html#bandura).

  • Introduction

    • In this narrated PowerPoint presentation, we have explored the theory of the Adult Learning environment by including examples of teaching assistants, e-learning in technical colleges, and self-directed learning.

  • References

    • New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, v. 98, p. 5-13.
    • Andragogy and self-directed learning: Pillars of adult learning theory.
    • Transformative and self-directed learning in practice.
    • The self-directed learning of women with breast cancer.
    • Malcolm Knowles, informal adult education, self-direction and andragogy.

  • Learning Theories Related to Adult Learning

    • There are three categories involved with self-directed learning: the goals, the process, and the learner.In an adult learning context, the goals are generally self-determined, as is the process.Self-directed learning can be enhanced with facilitation, particularly through providing resources.Motivation is key to a successful self-directed learning experience.
    • Learners are self-directed depending on the situation.They will not necessarily be self-directed in all situations.
    • Not all adults prefer the self-directed option, and even the adults who practice self-directed learning also engage in more formal educational experiences such as teacher-directed courses.
    • In recent years, less research has been conducted on self-directed learning.
    • They are Action Learning, Experiential Learning, Self-Directed Learning, and Project-Based Learning.

  • Self-Managing Teams

    • A self-managing team has considerable discretion over how its work gets done.
    • This means the majority of key decisions about activities are made by people with direct knowledge of, and who are most affected by, those choices.
    • Self-managing teams are distinct from self-directed teams.
    • Members of self-managing teams plan, coordinate, direct, and control their activities.
    • There are also potential drawbacks to self-managing teams.

  • The Habit of Self-Government

    • In a self-governing colony such as Plymouth, elected rulers make most decisions without referring to the imperial power that nominally controls the colony.
    • A self-governing colony is a colony in which elected rulers are able to make most decisions without referring to the imperial power (such as England), with nominal control of the colony.
    • Colonies have sometimes been referred to as self-governing in situations where the executive has not been under the control of the imperial government; the term self-governing can refer to the direct rule of a Crown Colony by an executive governor elected under a limited franchise.
    • In Plymouth's form of self-government, the colony was led by a governor and local legislature elected by a local oligarchy; the governor was appointed by the colonial power rather than the English Crown.
    • The idea of self-government was encouraged by the Glorious Revolution and the 1689 Bill of Rights which established that the British Parliament—and not the king—had the ultimate authority in government.

  • The Production of Electromagnetic Waves

    • Once in motion, the electric and magnetic fields created by a charged particle are self-perpetuating—time-dependent changes in one field (electric or magnetic) produce the other.
    • Electromagnetic waves are a self-propagating transverse wave of oscillating electric and magnetic fields.
    • The direction of the electric field is indicated in blue, the magnetic field in red, and the wave propagates in the positive x-direction.

  • Cooley

    • An example of the looking-self concept is computer technology.
    • The looking-glass self is a social psychological concept created by Charles Horton Cooley in 1902.
    • In hypothesizing the framework for the looking glass self, Cooley said, "the mind is mental" because "the human mind is social. " In other words, the mind's mental ability is a direct result of human social interaction.
    • George Herbert Mead described the self as "taking the role of the other," the premise for which the self is actualized.
    • An example of the looking-self concept is computer technology.

  • The Fifth Amendment, Self-Incrimination, and Double Jeopardy

    • Protection against self-incrimination is implicit in the Miranda rights statement, which protects the "right to remain silent."
    • Historically, the legal protection against self-incrimination was directly related to the question of torture for extracting information and confessions.
    • Protection against self-incrimination is implicit in the Miranda rights statement, which protects the "right to remain silent."
    • The prohibition extends to a directed verdict before the case is submitted to the jury, a directed verdict after a deadlocked jury, an appellate reversal for sufficiency (except by direct appeal to a higher appellate court), and an "implied acquittal" via conviction of a lesser included offense.
    • Explain the key provisions of the Fifth Amendment, including self-incrimination and double jeopardy.