In an essay available in the the Informal Education Archives (INFED), Stephen Brookfield examines two important characteristics of self-directed learning: authentic control for the learner and access to social conditions that make learning resources truly available.
He considers the social and political conditions necessary to support self-directed learning and highlights the need to take the concept beyond the image of the isolated adult learner divorced from the social and cultural setting in which s/he is embedded.
The essay is an accessible overview of some of the important issues facing those who wish to support self-direction.
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