self-direction

From self- + direction.

self-direction (uncountable)

1. The condition of being self-directed.
   • 1995 May, 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:

     The terms “autonomy” and “self-direction” are being used more and more frequently in educational discussion.

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