Self Directed Learning: An imperative for education in a complex society

Abstract

Self-directed learning (SDL) is a process, in which the learner takes charge of the whole learning on its own.  As learner takes all responsibilities on its own, the focus shifted from teacher directed learning to the individual.  Though the concept has emerged
initially in adult-education in 1970s but soon it has found its place across the generation, i.e. from toddlers to the adult learners, which is the core theme of the book “Self-Directed Learning: An imperative for education in a complex society”. The book is an
edited volume of under NWU SelfDirected Learning Series, edited by Elsa Mentz, Dorothy Laubscher and Jako Olivier.

The book comprises of ten (10) chapters contributed by practitioners from various fields like curriculum studies, psychology, computer science, physics, mathematics, environmental science, geology, education, etc. which have given a first-hand account of selfdirected learning from the perspectives of various disciplines and knowledge domains.