Chapter 6 was really interesting to me. I thought learner autonomy more or less, was how a person learners, what their learning preference is, and which strategies they like to use the best. This chapter shows there is more to that. There is learning to learn and learning to liberate and if learners and teachers take great care a learner can achieve both. It’s interesting to see the differences of the narrow view and the broad view. The narrow view focuses on how you can learn and the broad view focuses on how you can take learning to a further level. I think it is important for future teachers to be aware of both the narrow view and broad view and be conscious of what teachers can do to promote learning autonomy to create learners who learn and learners who strive for more.
I thought this chapter was really interesting, too, but one of the only questions I had regarded what teachers should do if they have to teach students who are unconcerned with gaining a sense of learner autonomy. Maybe teachers need to spark their students' interest in the material, then pay special attention to keeping them motivated to learn and from there the students will realize that it is important for them to take hold of their own education.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this chapter was really interesting, and Cara, you make a good point about getting students motivated to be autonomous learners. Although it seems really difficult, I have seen it done this semester in my observations at KJHS, and I really think it depends on the teacher - going back to teachers developing their own personal methodologies based on experience in the classroom.
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