Learning Log 4

    

A. Why do we need to develop self-directed learners?

-We need to develop self-directed learners because the individual takes the initiative and the responsibility for what occurs. Individuals select, manage, and assess their own learning activities, which can be pursued at any time, in any place, through any means, at any age. In schools, teachers can work toward SDL a stage at a time. Teaching emphasizes SDL skills, processes, and systems rather than content coverage and tests. For the individual, SDL involves initiating personal challenge activities and developing the personal qualities to pursue them successfully. 

B. As future teachers, how will you help your students become self-directed learners?

-Education is about more than setting up a fish (knowledge) distribution center and handing fish out to all who come to the institution. Education is about fishing lessons, equipping people with the competence and confidence to fish (learn) for the rest of their lives. This is not simply about job preparation. This is preparation for life: family, church, community, work, avocations, leisure time, and relationships. That is the liberal arts vision behind education. As such, an education that simply disseminates knowledge is a limited one.

This are some process:

• Being ready to learn
• Setting learning goals
• Engaging in the learning process
• Evaluating learning

This are some tips:

• analyse new conditions as they arise
• identify the new knowledge and skills that they will be required to deal with these conditions,
• independently chart a course that responds to these changes, and
• think about their own cognitive processes: their thinking, reasoning, problem solving    and learning. Self-managing learners are metacognitive. 

C. What student-support materials will you provide your students to help them become self-directed?

- The online tools because in this kind of SSM the students can benefits to Increase collaboration, Innovate assessment, Enable learning about information and research, Transform time-frames around learning and ownership of learning.