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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: This position paper is a philosophical discourse on the place of autonomy of learning in education. The topic is informed by a reflection on the various problems that beset education, ranging from examination malpractice, poor performance in public examinations and false admission into higher institutions of learning, among other things. The writer tries to consider the place of autonomy in learners' activities. It is not uncommon to narrow down the consideration of autonomy to issues related to administration and funding of education, but this paper tries to critically see beyond these to postulate autonomy as a crucial foundation of learning itself. It adopts the existentialist philosophy as a search lamp to reach a conclusion that autonomy is natural to every learner and it carries in him the properties for learning as manifest in attributes of freedom, potency for choice-making and responsibility. Recommendations are made to teachers and other stakeholders in education to foster those things that could drive home a sense of autonomy in the learners and enhance personal commitment to learning |
| Keywords: autonomy, examination malpractices, learning, existentialist, Nigeria |
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