SELF DIRECTED LEARNING

v  SDL is a process in which individuals take the initiative, with or without the help of others," to diagnose their learning needs, formulate learning goals, identify resources for learning, select and implement learning strategies, and evaluate learning outcomes.

v       Self Management

Brockeet and hiemstra(1991) view SDL as an instructional procees of assessing learner’s needs,identifying learning resources,implementing learning activities and evaluating learning outcomes.It focuses on teaching learning transaction an institutional setting that is almost to individualised to instruction.It involved negotiation between the learner’sand the teacher about learning goals,methods of learning,use the resource,and assesment of outcomes.

v       Self Monitoring

Self monitoring focuses on both cognitive and metacognitive aspect of learning,which are internal to the learner’s.Cognitive process(thinking,making meaning of information,and integrating new knowledge into existing knowledge structure) are necessary in all learning process.Metacognition refers to thinking about thinking or learning to learn,which is related to learner’s ability to reflect on their learning.

v       Extention Of Learning

In this learning process, where a learner has total control about the choice of what the learn,how to learn,and how to evaluate learning.