Learner Autonomy and Trainee Teachers’ Readiness for Self-Directed Learning

Year 2008, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 43 - 63, 02.09.2015

Betül Tarhan Aybars Erözden

Abstract

The level of “readiness for self-directed learning” of a group of prospective teachers, who are supposed to help their own learners to become autonomous, was investigated by means of a readiness scale. The research group of the study was composed of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students at a university English Language Teaching Department. The testing instrument used is a scale developed by Fisher et al (2001), containing 42 testing items grouped in three components as “self-direction”, “desire for learning”, and “self-control”. The results constitute 48 groups of data. Within the scope of the present paper, 13 of these groups of data are selected as prominent and discussed and evaluated subsequently.

Keywords

Learner autonomy, self-directedness, readiness, scale

Learner Autonomy and Trainee Teachers’ Readiness for Self-Directed Learning

Abstract

The level of “readiness for self-directed learning” of a group of prospective teachers, who are supposed to
help their own learners to become autonomous, was investigated by means of a readiness scale. The research
group of the study was composed of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students at a university English Language Teaching
Department. The testing instrument used is a scale developed by Fisher et al (2001), containing 42 testing
items grouped in three components as “self-direction”, “desire for learning”, and “self-control”. The results
constitute 48 groups of data. Within the scope of the present paper, 13 of these groups of data are selected as
prominent and discussed and evaluated subsequently. 

Keywords

Learner autonomy, self-directedness, readiness, scale

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