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self-direction en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English direction English self-direction From self- + direction.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being self-directed.
    • The terms “autonomy” and “self-direction” are being used more and more frequently in educational discussion. 1995 May 14, Marie-José Gremmo, Philip Riley, “Autonomy, self-direction and self access in language teaching and learning: The history of an idea”, in System, volume 23, number 2, →DOI, page 151: