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Independence, autonomy and the ability to control learning experiences has come to play an increasingly important role in language education. [9] Principles of learner autonomy could be:(Frank Lacey) Autonomy means moving the focus from teaching to learning. Autonomy affords maximum possible influence to the learners.
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy [note 1] is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
Theorists like John Dewey, Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky, whose collective work focused on how students learn, have informed the move to student-centered learning.Dewey was an advocate for progressive education, and he believed that learning is a social and experiential process by making learning an active process as children learn by doing.
Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning, self-study and self-teaching) is the practice of education without the guidance of schoolmasters (i.e., teachers, professors, institutions).
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was the first organization to formulate a statement on the governance of higher education based on principles of democratic values and participation (which, in this sense, correlates with the Yale Report of 1828, which has been referred to as the "first attempt at a formally stated philosophy of education" for universities, emphasizing ...
Autonomy and its cultivation is the primary moral aim of liberal education. [5] Levinson argues from a liberal political philosophy rather than from a philosophy of education, [6] and contends that a broad liberal education best equips for individual autonomy and thus creates the best republic. [4]
Autonomous university typically refers to a university that exercises a high degree of autonomy from the state. [1] [better source needed] [2] The main dimensions of university autonomy are academic, organizational, financial and staffing autonomy.
The Classical education movement advocates a form of education based in the traditions of Western culture, with a particular focus on education as understood and taught in the Middle Ages. The term "classical education" has been used in English for several centuries, with each era modifying the definition and adding its own selection of topics.