TY  - JOUR
T1  - Learner Autonomy and Trainee Teachers’ Readiness for Self-Directed Learning
TT  - Learner Autonomy and Trainee Teachers’ Readiness for Self-Directed Learning
AU  - Tarhan, Betül
AU  - Erözden, Aybars
PY  - 2015
DA  - September
JF  - Bogazici University Journal of Education
JO  - BUJE
PB  - Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2822-5600
SP  - 43
EP  - 63
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - The level of “readiness for self-directed learning” of a group of prospective teachers, who are supposed tohelp their own learners to become autonomous, was investigated by means of a readiness scale. The researchgroup of the study was composed of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students at a university English Language TeachingDepartment. The testing instrument used is a scale developed by Fisher et al (2001), containing 42 testingitems grouped in three components as “self-direction”, “desire for learning”, and “self-control”. The resultsconstitute 48 groups of data. Within the scope of the present paper, 13 of these groups of data are selected asprominent and discussed and evaluated subsequently.
KW  - Learner autonomy
KW  - self-directedness
KW  - readiness
KW  - scale
N2  - 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.
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/buje/article/51421
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/43761
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