Self-Directed Learning in the Classroom and Beyond
Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta is a great lesson on education. In this epic, Arjuna is the pupil whom Shri Krishna educates. He gives Arjuna no set of predefined directions but asks him to know himself and direct himself towards his duty. We all know that education is a holistic process. It is not confined to just securing elite ranks and getting high grades. It aims towards making pupils self-sufficient. Many a times we come across cases where a student gives 100% to a particular subject or concept but is unable to get desired results. The major problem students go through is shortcomings in the existing strategies and failure in developing a new approach of learning . Problems in learning arise when students fail to assess the complexity of a concept and keep on applying the same old approach every time. The book, ‘ How Learning Works ’ discusses a very important principle of learning, “ To become self directed learners, students must learn to access the demands of the task, evaluate th...