Self-directed and Self-determined Learning

Module 4 – Case

Self-directed and Self-determined Learning

Assignment Overview

**Be sure to review the Grading Rubric for the case assignment. Your essay will be graded based on the different components of it. It

is very important that you cover all the material that will be evaluated.

Your Task: After reading the background material and conducting your own research, write a 2 page essay that discusses and critically

analyzes heutagogy. Be sure to discuss the similarities and differences between andragogy and heutagogy. Your essay should go beyond

simply summarizing what you have read.

Assignment Expectations

The content of your essay should demonstrate your grasp of the concepts, insights, and issues presented in the assigned readings as

well as your own research.
•The structure of your essay should demonstrate your ability to analyze- NOT simply summarize – the information presented in the

readings and your research.
•Be sure to use AT LEAST 3-5 references to scholarly literature. The references should be properly cited in the text AND the reference

section.
Required Reading

The background readings are provided to get you started moving in the right direction. As a graduate student, you will be expected to

go beyond the literature provided and conduct your own research on the module topic. Graduate students must be able to demonstrate

their ability to conduct scholarly research and synthesize what you have read into a well organized essay. Be sure that you use

additional resources when completing your assignments.

**Hint: Look at the references in the readings below to help identify other literature/authors that might supplement your work.

Blaschke, L. (2012). Heutagogy and Lifelong Learning: A Review of Heutagogical Practice and Self-Determined Learning, The international

Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. Vol. 13, No. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2014 from:

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1076/2087

Eberie, J. & Childress, M. (n.d.). Heutagogy: It Isn’t Your Mother’s Pedagogy Any More, National Social Science Association. Retrieved

March 2, 2014 from: http://www.nssa.us/journals/2007-28-1/2007-28-1-04.htm

Kenyon, C. & Hase, S. (n.d.). Moving from andragogy to heutagogy in vocational education, Australian Vocational Education and Training

Research Association. Retrieved March 2, 2014 from:
http://www.avetra.org.au/abstracts_and_papers_2001/Hase-Kenyon_full.pdf

Palaiologos, G. (2011). From Pedagogy to Andragogy and Heutagogy: Thinking Distance Education and Self-Directed Learning, Social

Science Research Network. Retrieved March 2, 2014 from: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1967851
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