Erika Julieth Díaz Ángel

AUTONOMOUS

LEARNING

• Definition and misconceptions

• Implications to the learning process

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS

MISCONCEPTIONS

• AUTONOMY IS NOT

• Working without supervision process

• Feeling free to do anything

• Just teaching strategies

• Just outside the classroom

• Individualism

SOME DEFINITIONS

Bergen Definition

«Learning autonomy is characterized by a readiness to take charge of one’s own learning in the service of one’s needs and purposes»

Holec

«The ability to take charge of one’s own learning»

• Determining the objectives

• Defining contents and progressions

• Selecting methods and techniques

• Monitoring procedure of acquisition

• Evaluating what has been acquired

ASPECTS OF LEARNER AUTONOMY

Taken from: Sinclair, B., Mcgrath, I. and Lamb, T.(eds)(2000). Learner Autonomy

Teacher Autonomy: Future Directions. Essex: Longman - British Council.

• Construct of capacity

• Responsibility of the learning process

• Degrees of autonomy: unstable and variable

• Awareness of the learning process

• Constant reflection

• Decision making

• Social and individual dimension

IMPLICATIONS IN THE LEARNING PROCESS

Enable control over:

• Discipline

• Metacognitive techniques (Technical autonomy)

• Responsibility with the learning process (Psychological autonomy)

• The learning process and contents (Political autonomy)

LEARNER RESULT