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Self-direction   /sɛlf-dərˈɛkʃən/   Listen
Self-direction

noun
1.
Personal independence.  Synonyms: autonomy, self-reliance, self-sufficiency.






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"Self-direction" Quotes from Famous Books



... voluntary attention in the child's training. For not everything can be made so inviting that the appeal will at all times bring about the concentration necessary. And in any case a part of the child's education is to learn self-direction, self-compulsion, and self-control. There are many occasions when the interest is not sufficient to hold attention steady to the task in hand; it is at this point that voluntary attention should come in to add its help to provide the required effort and ...
— How to Teach Religion - Principles and Methods • George Herbert Betts



Words linked to "Self-direction" :   independence, self-sufficiency, independency, self-reliance, autonomy



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