This self-instructional module discusses self-directed learning. It defines self-instructional learning as learning that individuals undertake independently to meet their own learning needs and goals. Key skills for self-directed learning include goal setting, decision making, self-awareness, and self-confidence. The principles of self-instruction emphasize that learning should align with lifelong learning and utilize all human capacities. The process involves diagnosing needs, setting goals, finding resources, choosing strategies, and evaluating outcomes. The teacher's role is to help students develop skills like inquiry, evaluation, and independence to engage in self-directed learning. While it allows for effective independent learning, some may lack skills or resources to engage without additional support.

1. SELF INSTRUCTIONAL
MODULE

2. SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE
 Self instruction learning is any increase in
knowledge, skill, accomplishment, or personal
development that an individual selects and brings
about by his or her own efforts using any method in
any circumstances at any time.
 “ A process in which individual take the initiative, with
or without the help of other, to diagnose their learning
need, formulate learning goals, identify resources for
learning, select and implement learning strategies
and evaluate learning outcomes.”

3. SKILLS FOR SELF INSTRUCTION LEARNING:
Goal
oriented skill
information-
processing
skills
Competency
and aptitude
skills
Decision
making skills
Self
awarness
Self
confidence

4. PRINCIPLES OF SELF INSTRUCTION LEARNING:
 It should be congruent with lifelong, natural and
individual learning drives.
 It should be adapted to the maturation,
transformation and transitions experienced by
students.
 It should be concerned with all aspects of a full life.
 Employ a full range of human capacities, including
senses, emotion and action as well as intellects.
 It should be conducted in setting suited to their
development.

5. PROCESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONS LEARNING:
Diagnosing learning needs
Formulating learning goal
Identifying human and material
resources for learning
Choosing and implementing
appropriate learning strategy
Evaluating learning outcome

6. ROLE OF TEACHER IN SELF INSTRUCTIONAL
LEARNING:
 Teach inquiry skills, decision making, personal
developments and self evaluation of work.
 Helps learners develop positive attitudes and feelings of
independence related to learning.
 Helps learners acquire the needs and assessment
techniques necessary to discover what objectives they
should set.
 Help the learners identify the starting point for a learning
project and understand the relevant modes of
examination and reporting.
 Create a partnership with the learner by negotiating a
learning contact for goals, strategies, resources and
evaluation criteria once they are decided.

7.  Act as advocates for educationally underserved
populations to facilitate their access to resources.
 Help match resources to the needs of the learners.
 Help learners locate resources
 Encourage critical thinking skills
 Create an atmosphere of openness and trust to
promote better performance.

8. ADVANTAGES:
 Allows learners to be more effective
learners.
 It helps the learner develop a sense of
responsibility.
 It can encourage students to develop their
own rules and leadership patterns.
 To be Motivated and persistent,
independence, self disciplined, self
confident and goal oriented.

9. DISADVANTAGES :
 Learners can easily be distracted by their
own needs, assumptions, values and
misperceptions.
 Research has shown some adults are
unable to engage in self instruction learning
because they lack independence,
confidence or resources.
 Needs to be combined with other learning
methods for content to be fully learned.

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