The longitudinal case study: From Schönʼs model to self-directed learning

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francine Borduas ◽  
Robert Gagnon ◽  
Yves Lacoursière ◽  
Réjean Laprise
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Directed Learning

Case Study

2018 ◽  
pp. 95-111
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Response To Instruction ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Curriculum Framework ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Primary Years Programme

Chapter 5 presents a case study that reports on the assessment of self-directed learning (SDL) in three schools categorized with the local curriculum framework, and three nearby schools with the International Baccalaureate's Primary Years Programme. Results of the investigation indicate that there is a link between curriculum and students' knowledge of, as well as their response to, instruction about SDL. The chapter ends with a discussion of the implications of curriculum emphasis on inquiry for students' SDL, and the opportunities that exist for using the assessment of SDL with local curriculum documents that aim to promote effective learning in primary schools.

Transformational Shifts of Pedagogy Through Professional Development, Essential Questions, and Self-Directed Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 160-178
Author(s):  
Ronda Cypret-Mahach
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Essential Questions ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Transformational Experiences ◽  
Star Reading

This chapter describes transformational experiences of a faculty of teachers during a yearlong action-research case-study of professional development, infused with digital technologies intended to capitalize on self-directed learning strategies, in the use of essential questions specifically designed to target critical thinking in students. Teachers who began to adopt the essence of essential questioning into their teaching practice also began to seek ways to engage in personalized self-directed learning as they looked for avenues to continue development of successful practice. The ability to self-investigate and self-delineate pedagogy was critical for most of participant teachers. The faculty of teachers involved in the action-research case-study demonstrated statistically significant growth on the Measure of Questioning Skills, indicating the experience encouraged teacher growth in questioning abilities. Research data also reflected statistically significant student growth in STAR Reading and STAR Math scores, and an increase in student's Measure of Questioning Skills.

scholarly journals Promoting Self-Directed Learning Skills in Residency: A Case Study in Program Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 85 (12) ◽  
pp. 1874-1879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Nothnagle ◽  
Roberta Goldman ◽  
Mark Quirk ◽  
Shmuel Reis
Keyword(s):  
Program Development ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Directed Learning

scholarly journals Vector AR3-APP – A Good-Practice Example of Learning with Augmented Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Karin Langer ◽  
Stefanie Lietze ◽  
Gerd Ch. Krizek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Augmented Reality Application ◽  
Directed Learning

AbstractAfter a discussion about the possibilities and status of augmented reality in education, a good practice example of an augmented reality application is presented. This case study examines the use of an augmented reality app in higher education to support abstract STEM content, such as vectors. Based on this example, the implementation of such apps in didactic concepts and self-directed learning will be discussed. Furthermore, aspects of integration into digital learning and teaching will be addressed.

scholarly journals A CASE STUDY OF SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING USING MOVIE TO PROMOTE ORAL COMMUNICATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Mohammad Amro Mohammad Suleiman ◽  
Mahendran Maniam
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Directed Learning

The main aim of this study is to help EFL students’ improve their oral communication proficiency out-of-class. To achieve that, video-movie was chosen as a medium for improving the subjects' oral communication proficiency. It was hoped that movie could function as a pseudo-immersion for the students, an accessible and easy alternative to being in the English native countries. Based on that, this study aim has been transformed into this research question ‘what effect does self-directed learning using movies has on the students' perceived oral communication proficiency?’. To answer that, six first year students at the faculty of English language and literature, Ajloun University in Jordan, were selected based on purposive sampling and divided equally into two groups, treatment and control, based on random assignment. The subjects in both groups were asked to take the self-assessment language test twice, once before the beginning of the case study scheme and another after. Likewise, to be interviewed twice, and to fill in the study notes during the case study scheme. Only the treatment group were given eight movies with its guides and asked to self-study with it over eight weeks. The results from the case study indicated that movie could help improve the students' oral communication proficiency with higher post-test scores than pre-test scores. Methodological triangulation from both the interviews and study notes also supports the assertion that movie improved the subjects’ oral communication proficiency. The subjects in the treatment group revealed in the post-interview that movies helped improve their listening skills and two subjects suggested that it could possibly have helped improve their speaking skills as well. Their perception in their study notes also supports the results. In conclusion, it is very likely that self-directed learning using movies has improved the students’ oral communication proficiency. This study has implications for practical applications in language teaching and learning which suggests that movie can be effective out of class. In addition, the results suggest that further larger scale investigations into students' language improvement out of class will be worth carrying out.

scholarly journals International Students’ Experience of Western Pedagogy in a British University

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 620
Author(s):  
Linda Katherine Newsome ◽  
Paul Cooper
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Far Eastern

<em>This qualitative study examined international students’ experiences with Western pedagogy using data collected through case studies and semi-structured, in-depth, informant style interviews. Participants were all international students (n=18), mostly postgraduate from Asian and Far Eastern countries studying at a British University. This paper focuses on students’ engagements with Western pedagogy as they struggle to adjust to what they experience as unfamiliar and alien approaches to teaching and learning. Reported here is a detailed case study of the lives of these students as they engage with specific pedagogical demands, including: academic self-expression and critical argumentation, self-directed learning, class discussions, presentations, and English language proficiency. It also exposes students’ perceptions of the value of the instructional methods of their tutors and their impact on approaches to learning.</em>

Informal Learning in Second Language Acquisition

2019 ◽  
pp. 1111-1122
Author(s):  
Helen, Yeh Wai Man
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
And Performance

This chapter has investigated the importance of informal language learning in second language acquisition through a case study of two ESL learners. The effect of various kinds of informal learning with various resources on language proficiency and performance are discussed in relation to Bennett's model (2012). The case study shows that an “intake-type” informal environment can provide input to the language acquisition and self-directed learning and is crucial to effective language learning. Through the interviews with the subject learners, it can be seen that the learner with higher English proficiency and performance has been using self-directed language learning throughout his childhood and youth whereas the learner with lower English proficiency and performance generally has adopted tacit learning, which seems to be less effective in informal learning. Hence, self-directed learning should be promoted in schools and colleges by raising students' awareness of its importance and promoting learning-to-learn strategies.

Revitalizing Blended and Self-Directed Learning Among Adult Learners Through the Distance Education Mode of Learning in Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 185-203
Author(s):  
Isaac Kofi Biney
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Global North ◽  
University Of Ghana

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are witnessing increasing participation of non-traditional learners, learning by distance education (DE) mode. Blended learning (BL) strategy is adapted to create opportunities for adult learners to improve knowledge, skills, and intellectual capacities to impact, among others, productivity at workplace. This chapter explores the use of technology to conceptualize BL and self-directed learning (SDL). It discussed blended learning as practiced in the global north and the global south. It examined SDL and focused attention on blended learning as practiced in HEIs, using University of Ghana as a case study. It identified issues involved in blended learning and mapped up solutions in revitalizing self-directed learning culture among the young adults in Ghana. The chapter concludes that the state-of-the-art computer laboratories which power the Sakai LMS should be refurbished and retooled to deepen BL and SDL culture among adult learners in Ghana.

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