Strategies to Promote Self-Directed Learning

PRESENTATION

Strategies to Promote Self-Directed Learning (PDF, 3.2Mb)

METIRI.COM RESOURCES

Self-Direction Promoters
The Self-Direction Inhibitors
The Self-Direction Contunuum
Self Direction Website at Metiri.com

VIDEOS

A Private Universe from The Annenberg CPB Foundation
David Copperfield Illusion DVD
"Do Schools Kill Creativity?" talk by Sir Ken Robinson at Ted.com
Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Speech, 2005
"8 Secrets of Success" - talk by Richard St. John at TED.com

BOOKS

"Doing School" by Denise Pope
"The School and Society & The Child and the Curriculum", by John Dewey
"Learning All the Time", by John Holt
"What Do I Do Monday", by John Holt

RESEARCH ARTICLES

"The Interplay of Ability and Motivational Factors Over Time"
"Do Psychosocial and Study Skill Factors Predict College Outcomes?"
"Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition"
  - NPR interview with one of the authors
  - Essay read by the students in the article