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Charles Henry Davis was a self-educated [76] American astronomer [77] and rear admiral of the United States Navy. [78] He was one of the founders of the National Academy of Sciences [79] and he wrote many scientific books. [80] [81] Hua Luogeng was a self-taught Chinese mathematician. [82] Yakov Zeldovich, a Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin
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).
Self-directedness is a personality trait held by someone with characteristic self-determination, that is, the ability to regulate and adapt behavior to the demands of a situation in order to achieve personally chosen goals and values.
It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject. Cambridge Dictionary has defined mania as “a very strong interest in something that fills a person's mind or uses up all their time” Britannica Dictionary defined mania as a mental illness in which a person ...
Self-directed Learning Learner: The learner is dependent on the instructor, the teacher schedules all the activities; determining how, when and where they should take place; Teacher is the one who is responsible for what is taught and how it is taught; Teacher evaluates the learning; The learner is self-directed and moves towards independence
In other words, if you have a traditional self-directed IRA, your money is tied up until age 59 ½, unless you want to pay a 10% early withdrawal penalty on top of the usual ordinary income taxation.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the human self: Self – individuality, from one's own perspective. To each person, self is that person. Oneself can be a subject of philosophy, psychology and developmental psychology; religion and spirituality, social science and neuroscience.
Avolition or amotivation, as a symptom of various forms of psychopathology, is the decrease in the ability to initiate and persist in self-directed purposeful activities. [1] [2] Such activities that appear to be neglected usually include routine activities, including hobbies, going to work or school, and most notably, engaging in social activities.