According to Dimitrios, learner autonomy is shifting the responsibility from teachers to learners and changes to the curriculum itself towards a more learner-centred kind of learning.
Students differ in their learning habits, interests, needs, and motivation. So, in order to encourage greater autonomy in students, we can try to create a friendly atmosphere where learners can get the freedom of studying by their own, get open and positive feedback, respect others ideas and take the responsibility of their own learning while the teacher acts as a facilitator of learning.
We can include learning strategies like different activities which involve critical reflection, decision-making, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, note-taking; repetition, resourcing, contextualization, self-report, diaries and question for clarification. Contextualization can be very important here it provides opportunities for the students to use what they learn in a meaningful context. Also diaries and expectation/evaluation sheets can play a huge role as they offer students the possibility to plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning, identify any problems and suggest solutions.
Of these activities I have been using cognitive and metacognitive strategies, note-taking; repetition and mostly expectation/evaluation sheets. I still need to use more contextualization activities and critical reflection in my lessons
Hi Roza
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that creating a friendly atmosphere is essential to foster learner autonomy. Students will be more ready to share what they have learned on their own if they can express themselves freely, their ideas are respected, and they feel their opinions not only are an important part of their learning process, but also contribute to the learning of others.
Myriam
Thanks myriam For your comment.
ReplyDeleteHi Roza,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post.I agree with you that should we create a friendly atmosphere to get students freedom of studying by their own and work more on their personal strategies to be in control of their own learning styles, their autonomous learning, their use of technology…etc. We are the one who should start making a difference in their lives.
Regards
Maryam
Thanks and agreed with your comment, Maryam.
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