Background: Self-directed learning (SDL) is a skill that must be possessed by medical students as form of adult learning. To train these skills, need tutors to stimulate students' SDL abilities.
 Methodology: This study was conducted quantitatively using Dolman and Ginns questionnaire on third-year students.
 Results: Tutors in the Medical Emergency block were able provide good explan...

The present study investigates the efficacy of guided learning approach in promoting self-directedness among first-year, first-semester university students Malaysia. Based on a sample 37 participants, this employs SECI (Socialization, Externalization, Combination, and Internalization) Model as theoretical framework to examine transfer knowledge between lecturer students, well students. Using an...

This book on self-directed learning (SDL) is devoted to original academic scholarship within the field of education, and 6th volume in North-West University (NWU) SDL series. In this authors explore how can be considered an imperative for education a complex modern society. Although each chapter represents independent research learning, chapters form coherent contribution concerning specificall...

To the Editor: I thank Drs Guglielmino, Bulik, and Shokar for their reactions 1,2 to my commentary 3 on self-directed learning (SDL). In spite of what seems to have been the perception of these authors, however, my initial commentary was not so much a critique of the Self-directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) as a strong encouragement to explore avenues of research beyond it. Since the SDLR...

BACKGROUND One of the main criteria to verify the effectiveness of a health training program is to measure quality of life in menopausal women. OBJECTIVES Hence the aim of this review was to evaluate the effects of self-directed learning (SDL) on MENQOl. PATIENTS AND METHODS The present single blind field study was conducted in Saadatmandi Health Center of Robat Karim (Iran, Southwest of Te...

Online education has made it possible to implement the “classes suspended but learning continues” policy during COVID-19 outbreak. However, intangible sense of online educational setting requires self-directed (SDL) and may force students know goals that impact their engagement. To understand effect, based on situated expectancy-value theory, this study considered SDL as attitude approach const...

purpose: the present study aims at comparing the impact of two teaching/learning approaches-self- directed/paced learning and lecture/demonstration-based instruction-on mastering psychomotor skills among nursing students. material & method: thirty nursing students were selected for the study. they filled out questionnaires indicating the demographic factor, and mean exam scores achieved in the ...

The purpose of this study is to explore postgraduate students’ self-directed learning (SDL) readiness using Mobile (M-learning) in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as a platform and task-centred activity. Reflective practice used measure students SDL readiness. This qualitative nature. research employed thematic analysis method, which involved systematic coding processes, entailing coding, f...

This study was designed to investigate the ability of a self-directed learning (SDL) approach to overcome the difficulties encountered in delivering a basic module in immunology to students studying for a Masters degree in Medical Microbiology. Difficulties arise from the wide range of academic and experiential learning skills exhibited by the students on this programme, the part-time, modular ...

Purpose-This study attempts to investigate (1) the effect of meditation experience on employees’ self-directed learning (SDL) readiness and organizational innovative (OI) ability as well as organizational performance (OP), and (2) the relationships among SDL, OI, and OP. Design/methodology/approach-This study conducts an empirical study of 15 technological companies (n = 412) in Taiwan, utilizi...