Why L&D professionals should encourage Self-Directed Learning

Self-directed learning (SDL) is not a recent concept. One of the leading experts on adult education, Malcolm Knowles, has researched and published studies on what he called the self-directed andragogy. He defined it as “a process in which individuals take the initiative without the help of others in diagnosing their learning needs, formulating goals, identifying human and material resources, and evaluating learning outcomes”

He advocated that adults should seek to discover and understand themselves, be aware of their own needs, motivations, capabilities and goals. They should be able to conduct a fairly objective assessment of themselves before setting on a course to better themselves.

Even though all this sounds very 21st century when everybody is going to therapy, taking up all sorts of classes and striving to be mindful at least ten minutes a day, Knowles came up with this theory in the 1950s.

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