Learning After School: A Guide for Autodidacts with 14 illustrative independent learning programs

By Loren Hazelwood

When school is over graduates are soon faced with learning to understand and do things that were not covered in the classroom. Every person is eventually forced to become an autodidact - someone who has to take charge of their own education and teach themselves.Learning After School is a guide for autodidacts to help them organize and carry out independent self-study programs. The real possibilities of independent learning are revealed in the lives, learning techniques, and accomplishments of successful autodidacts in U.S. history: ten individuals (Ben Franklin, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Banneker, Emma Hart Willard, Sarah Ripley, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Eric Hoffer, and John Holt) and one notable group effort for self improvement (women's clubs). The book looks at some skills and attitudes that help break dependence on study in the classroom and points out a few you don't need. The Twelve Principles of Autodidactics will help the independent learner plan and complete self-study programs.The resources commonly available to autodidacts are reviewed, including a discussion on both college and commercial correspondence courses that can help bridge the gap between formal classroom study and complete independence. Scattered throughout the book are 14 examples to illustrate typical self-education programs that autodidacts can organize and complete. These autodidactic programs cover topics in history, literature, crafts, cooking, science, personal development, etc. The goal is to help the reader design and carry out his or her own independent learning programs.Autodidacts can spend as much time as they wish learning the subjects they are interested in. They don't have to cram for tests, worry about being asked embarrassing questions, stress over deadlines other have imposed, or be forced to complete the work by the end of the semester. Autodidactic programs can last a few weeks or several years.It is even possible to learn to enjoy learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1523368918
• ISBN13: 9781523368914
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"