Self-Directed Learning: A Pathway to Success for Lifelong Learning
Remarking An Analisation ISSN No. 2394-0344 RNI No. UPBIL/2016/67980 VOL- 6 ISSUE- 1 * April - 2021
Paper Submission: 01/04/2021, Date of Acceptance: 15/04/2021, Date of Publication: 25/04/2021
Amita Kaistha
Assistant Professor,
Department of Distance
Education,
Punjabi University,
Patiala, India
Present study is an effort to discuss the evolution of the concept
of self-directed learning and its importance in life-long learning. Today
self-directed learning emerged as the most significant element in
rethinking education especially adult education and professional
education in the perspective of life-long learning. Self-directed learning
has been identified as an important skill for higher/adult education. To
meet the challenges posed by exponential growth of knowledge in
today‟s knowledge society self-directed learning is the best strategy for
the survival and growth. In today‟s education system the main purpose of
education is „a student must know to develop the skills of inquiry, and
more importantly to keep on acquiring knowledge smartly and skillfully for
the rest of the life‟. It has become imperative for the institutions related to
higher education to understand the need of the learners so as to
minimize the number of dropouts. In higher education students spend a
considerable time in collecting and acquiring information and learning
new skills. The rapid pace of technological change and accelerated
growth of knowledge are placing a premium on the person‟s capability for
self-directed learning. So, for the successful survival with full well-being
in the present society continuous and lifelong learning is very important.
For a person to live a contended, engaged, effective and productive life
he has to constantly go with the pace of change which knowledge and
information brings to him. Therefore, to continue learning independently
throughout life, one must be self-regulated and self-directed.
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