PERSONAL LEARNING PATH
This is a path which needs to be revised every day due to the fact that there are many things to be considered as part of leading self-directed learning for myself and the impact I can cause in others. That is why, it is very important for me to have a clear understanding of efficacy beliefs as Pajares (1996) refers to when I need to determine how much effort I expend in leading this process in my community and the ways I have to persevere when I have an obstacle. From this view point, I can say that efforts, motivation, ways of thinking, emotional reactions and my persistence in doing something will have an impact in empowering myself and my social context into self-directed learning. This is closely related with Hiemstra’s view point about autonomy referring to those processes in which I need to assess my needs, implement new learning activities and evaluate my learning in order to have a good performance in this path.
To obtain everything that has been said before, I consider extremely relevant to mention that goals are the key for every performance in this learning path since goals enhance self-regulation through their effects on motivation, learning, self-efficacy (perceived capabilities for learning or performing actions at given levels), and self-evaluations of progress (Bandura, 1997; Schunk, 1995). From this, motivation keeps playing important roles inside the
This is a path which needs to be revised every day due to the fact that there are many things to be considered as part of leading self-directed learning for myself and the impact I can cause in others. That is why, it is very important for me to have a clear understanding of efficacy beliefs as Pajares (1996) refers to when I need to determine how much effort I expend in leading this process in my community and the ways I have to persevere when I have an obstacle. From this view point, I can say that efforts, motivation, ways of thinking, emotional reactions and my persistence in doing something will have an impact in empowering myself and my social context into self-directed learning. This is closely related with Hiemstra’s view point about autonomy referring to those processes in which I need to assess my needs, implement new learning activities and evaluate my learning in order to have a good performance in this path.
To obtain everything that has been said before, I consider extremely relevant to mention that goals are the key for every performance in this learning path since goals enhance self-regulation through their effects on motivation, learning, self-efficacy (perceived capabilities for learning or performing actions at given levels), and self-evaluations of progress (Bandura, 1997; Schunk, 1995). From this, motivation keeps playing important roles inside the