Plus & minus of SDL

Advantages

-  Self-directed learning allows learners to be more effective learners and social beings

-  Self-directed learners are curious and willing to try new things.

-  They can view problems as challenges, desire change, and enjoy learning

-  Self-directed learners are motivated and persistent, independent, self-disciplined, self-confident and goal-oriented.

-  self-directed learners demonstrate a greater awareness of their responsibility in making learning meaningful and monitoring themselves

-  Self-directed learning encourages students to develop their own rules and leadership patterns.

Disadvantages

-  Possible for frequent errors

-  Self directed learning is quite time consuming.

-  It needs an organized manner of planning; inquiring skills, decision making and self evaluation of work.