Self Learning

  LEARNING AND TEACHING

Seminar

On

SELF LEARNING

                                                                                                Submitted By

                                                                      Ancy.P.A

Self learning:

            Self learning is learning is taking in information processing it, and retaining it without the need for another individual to be teaching it in order for the understanding to occur.

            Self Learning is a gift that we give to our students once they are old enough to receive it.

            Good teachers knows how much important it is for the students to practice systematic self-learning and direct their learning towards rewarding experiences. mainly in some students, the desired academic progress eventually tails to accelerate due to poorly organized self learning methods. Every student should know the methods of systematic self learning ,find the time and self motivate themselves for individual- learning to optimize their progress. Setting goals and objectives, following productive methods, using supportive packages and materials, getting feedback and guidance when threaded strongly, can yield most effective self learning.

            Self learning to advance academically, is found to be a challenge to the students and needs initial training and support from teachers. The qualitative improvement and satisfaction obtained from well planned and executed self learning practices in students:

·        Use effective instructional strategies to motivate and faster a natural desire to acquire knowledge, understanding and skills through independent learning.

·        They should learn to independently organize integrate all the instructions learnt in a meaningful way and attempt to add more to it by harnessing the additional knowledge from other sources.

·        Encourage students to in corporate the act of thinking into their self learning. They should ask to themselves several questions and attempt to find answers. Interesting and through –provoking questions help in factual recall sharpening their thought.

·        Home workers assigned to students should encourage them to practic of enrich their knowledge and skills. It should enhance their learning experiences, individuality and creativity.

·        Stress should not be just on learning factual knowledge or on role memorization. There should be attempts for deeper understanding.

·        Students should include into the schedule timely assessment of their learning by talking up some standard tests or performance assessment tests. Self assessment and evaluation enables them to monitor their progress and work for better performances.

·        They should use accumulated supporting activities and materials during the independent learning to sustain interest in learning.

·        Whenever they face some problems during the course of self learning, they should show he readiness to approach teachers or parents for guidance and feedback.

Benefits of Self learning:

Ø  Students becomes an independent thinker.

Ø  Students learns to accept responsibility.

Ø  Students gains the freedom to learn without restrictions.

Ø  Student tests well because he is used to tackling problems on his own. which equals confidence.

Ø  Students learn where to go when help is needed.

Ø  Students has the courage to took into an area of interest to study it without having to wait for a teacher to teach it.

Ø  Self learning gives the opportunity to develop a good work ethic.

Ø  Self learning allows the learner to go as deeply into a subject and interact with the subject matter as deeply as he would like to go.

Ø  Self –learning is more fun than being taught at.

Ø  Self learning is the wave of the future now that so much information is available at our fingertips.

Disadvantages of self learning:

v Nobody will correct your mistakes.

v There is no one person to go it you are struggling with your work.

v The biggest draw back is that there is not test and no routine you do.

v Waste a lot of time if you don’t have discipline and clear goals.

v You can develop bad habits that permanently affect the ability.

Reference:

            Mathew, T.(2008). Effective Teaching : A measure of excellence.

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