Self-Directed Learning

Week 9
 REFLECTION QUESTION TO
STUDENTS:

What did you learn over the last

week that you believe made a
difference to you?
 UNESCO 4 PILLARS OF LEARNING

Learning to Learning to Do Learning to Live

Know Learning to Be
The ability to Together
Mastering WHAT INTEGRATE Ability to BECOME
Ability to live with
concepts and what one desires
you know DIFFERENT
You RECOGNIZE
Mastering HOW you technical skills people
yourself
ACQUIRE Applying them to Ability to
SOLVE problems collaborate, be You become SELF-
knowledge CONFIDENT
TOLERANT
 WHAT IS SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING?

Self-directed learning defined:

You decide what you want to learn
• An individual process in taking initiative,
diagnosing learning needs, formulating • With SDL students themselves decide
learning goals, identifying material, when, how and where they should
designing strategies and evaluating learning study the material they consider
outcomes with or without the help of important.
others.
E FR OM
• (Knowles, 2011) I V E COM LVES
I AT SE
INIT TS T HEM
EN
STUD
Edmonson and Artis, Higher
2011 academic
achievement

Benefits
Self-
Directed
Learning

Higher Higher level

understanding of of class
subjects participation
Relationship of SDL and
Chou, 2012 Findley and Bulik, 2011 Academic Achievement
 5 ASPECTS OF
SELF-DIRECTED
LEARNING
A LS
Awareness Learning Strategies

LA E
Learning Activities Evaluate

IP
Interpersonal
Skill
 5 ASPECTS OF SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING
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Awareness Learning Strategies Learning Activities

You are aware that you want to learn You set the goal for what you want to How do you learn?
learn
You are aware what is it you want to learn Offline channels
You seek information
You are aware that it will give you benefit Online channels
You identify who can help you
You are aware that it will have Print media/social media?
consequences You make a design – a schedule of
Primary sources?
when and where to learn
Secondary sources?
You anticipate the risks
Observation?
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Evaluate
You develop a standard to measure your progress
You seek the opinion (s) of others
You seek the criticism of others
You reflect on your own weaknesses
You build on your own strengths
You decide to seek help
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Interpersonal Skills
You build a strong group of friends to exchange
ideas
You build a strong alliance with older, more
experienced people
You try to learn from others by exchanging
materials (non-plagiarism)
You are not afraid to ask for mentorship
You are not afraid to ask for coaching
SDL AND MOTIVATION
 SDL and Intrinsic Motivation
Opportunity Accomplishment
Rewards Rewards

1 3
From Task Sense of Sense of
Activities Choice Competence

From Task 2 Sense of 4 Sense of

Purpose
Meaningfulness Progress
SDL and McClelland’s Theory of Motivation
 SDL AND McGREGOR’s THEORY X VS. THEORY
Y
Theory X Theory Y

A traditional A philosophy of
philosophy of management
management suggesting that under
suggesting that the right
most people are VS circumstances people
lazy and are fully capable of
irresponsible and working productively
will work hard only and accepting
when forced to do responsibility for their
so. work.

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Goals are motivators for SDL

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 SDL AND THE “CARROT AND
STICK” APPROACH
Examples:

Carrot Approach
“If you don’t increase your sales by 10 percent, you will be fired.”
“Offering reward”
“If you increase sales by 10 percent, you will receive a bonus.”

Stick Approach “Everyone will have to take a pay cut if we don’t produce 15 percent more
than we are currently producing.”
“Poking”
“Prodding” “If production increases by 15 percent, the entire team will receive an extra
day off next month.”
 Independent

High
Responsible
Curiosity

SDL Characteristics

Discipline Challenger

Expects
Influential
Feedback
Learn to Know. Learn to Do.
Learn to Live. Learn to Be.
PRACTICE TOOL: VIDEO SHOWING

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SN9Kj8SdgE
Discussion Prompts:
1. How did Jack Ma encouraged himself to be a learned individual?
2. What life lessons did Jack Ma shared to us through this video?
3. How did Jack Ma surpass all the challenges in his life?
4. What is your opinion about Jack Ma’s SDL?