Strengths Of Being Self-Directed And Engaged Students

1. a. Self-directed learner does not wait for other’s encouragement instead they take initiative of their own, they learn to become self-reliant. They do not fear the obstacles they face in the learning path to reach their goals rather they take it as challenge and achieve best through it. A self-directed learner practice what they have learned and execute them in their daily life. Enjoying what you learn is important to a self-directed learner because it rises curiosity to know more.

b. An active learner is an active listener, an active observer and an active person. Being an active listener, they have listen actively and focus on what they hear. It may be a conversation, lecture, meeting, announcement, etc they should listen carefully,

An intrinsic motivated learner does what they love, not what other pressurize them to do. By performing the task of intrinsic interest help them to grow mentality, they come to know their potential and motivates them to do better. An intrinsic motivated learner focus and do things or conditions which motivates them.

2. The 2 weakness of being a self-directed and engaged student are the learner may not identify the learning needs according to his/her academic level and he/she is unable to get peer feedback. The 2 strengths of being self-directed and engaged student are time management and networking.

3. The 5 strategies of personal growth are as follows:

a. Early riser: Waking up early is always been beneficial for us. It reduces stress and increase fitness. I will try to go to bed early, keep my alarm clock far away from my bed are my ways to wake up early.

b. Networking: Networking is the pathway to personal development as it helps me to get innovative ideas, come across different culture and different mentality. Attaining lectures, taking part in volunteering are the ways which will help me in networking.

c. Note taking: It help me to summarizing and retaining the key points from what I have learned and understood. I carry a small notepad and a pen wherever I go and take notes of important

You can evaluate your success of personal growth by the positive changes. Looking back, I was a very introvert person, I could not utter a single word to any stranger but now I can speak comfortably to anyone and even I can start a conversation which seemed impossible to me in the past. I have partially succeeded in avoiding procrastination by using 5 sec rule and I could complete most of the tasks in the to do list by avoiding procrastination. Note taking is the easily executable strategies to me. I helped me to remember things and hence my listening skill because in note taking we should be attentive and listen carefully. Reading and waking up early are the strategies are yet to be accomplished. Taking out some time for reading from the tight schedule is tough and being a late sleeper it is hard to build the habit of waking up early. I am happy with the positive changes in me but I am not satisfied with the results. The accept that I could follow all the strategies because I did not give my best. If I had avoid staying up all night and sleep early, I could wake up early. Reading would be possible If I had not wasted time on social media and watching movies. Like everyone I have also got 24hours and I should know time