Arriving at a Model for Self-access Materials Incorporating Features of Learner Autonomy, Selfdirected Learning and Individualized Instruction

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Authors

  • R. Kalpana
     Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu ,IN
  • Suganthi S. Kumar
     Associate Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu ,IN
  • S. Sankarakumar
     Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15613/hijrh/2020/v7i2/208430

Keywords:

Individualised Instruction, Learner Autonomy, Self-access, Self-direction, Self-directed learning.

Abstract

Self-access, autonomous learning, self-direction and individualised instruction are some of the closely related terms that are found in abundance in the literature of learner autonomy and self access. As an extension of our earlier work on selfdirected learning and autonomous learning which attempted to establish the differences between these terms, this article aims at extracting the essence of self-access as a model of instruction, which can be used a framework for instructional materials.

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2020-12-01

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Volume 7, Issue 2, July-December 2020

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English Language and Literature

 

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