Managing Self-Directed Learning in Primary School Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Managing Self-Directed Learning in Primary School Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 147

ISBN13: 9781522526131|ISBN10: 1522526137|EISBN13: 9781522526148

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2613-1

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Students taking control of their own learning is an upcoming trend in education. With the novelty of this method, there is still room for further improvements to be made on the application of this strategy.

Managing Self-Directed Learning in Primary School Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source on the examination, role, and function of independent learning at the elementary level. Featuring extensive coverage on a relevant range of topics and perspectives such as learning assessment, constructivism, and student factors, this publication is ideal for researchers and educators seeking the latest research on student learning and instructional design.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education (AECKE) Book Series

Preface

Acknowledgment

Bibliography

Chapters

Describing Self-Directed Learning in Primary Schools

Chapter 1

Describing Self-Directed Learning in Primary Students (pages 1-32)

There have been calls for research into Self-Directed Learning (SDL) for students in schools. This book responds to this call. Chapter 1 describes SDL as being informed by constructivist and cognitivist theories of learning, both of...

Chapter 2

Describing Self-Directed Learning in Primary Students (pages 33-59)

Chapter 2 discusses research literature on adult SDL which is used to construct a framework of the processes of SDL from which a questionnaire and interview questions were developed. The findings are reported from a pilot study used...

Developing a Two-Part Assessment of Self-Directed Learning in Primary Schools

Chapter 3

Assessing Self-Directed Learning at School Level (pages 61-77)

Chapter 3 describes the development of an inventory to assess primary school support for inquiry. First, there is a discussion of the role played by the school environment in primary students' learning, and its importance in SDL...

Teaching Primary Students About Self-Directed Learning and Assessing Their Knowledge of Self-Directed Learning

Chapter 4

Assessing and Teaching Primary Students About Self-Directed Learning (pages 79-94)

Chapter 4 describes the development of the second part of the assessment that assesses primary students' SDL. Following this there is an outline of the way the assessment was administered in six schools before and after 150...

Chapter 5

Case Study: The Relationship Between Curriculum Focus on Inquiry and Self-Directed Learning (pages 95-111)

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...

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Conclusion

Appendix

Glossary

Related Readings

About the Author

Index

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