#autonomous learning
- Female autodidact — The feminine form of autodidact; a woman or girl who acquires knowledge, skills, or competencies in a cultural, scientific, or technical field through individual study and personal effort, without a teacher's guidance.
- Autodidacticism — A philosophical current, doctrine, or educational practice grounded on the principle of self-education and self-instruction; a conscious tendency to acquire knowledge outside institutionalized school systems, considering individual cognitive effort as the ultimate source of intellectual emancipation.
- Self-education — The act or state of being self-taught; a method of learning and accumulating knowledge through personal effort, individual study, reading, and independent research, outside formal educational structures or the direct guidance of a teacher.
- To self-educate — To systemically and consciously act upon oneself to form or improve one's character, behavior, knowledge, and moral values; to instruct and shape oneself spiritually through personal effort and individual discipline, independent of the direct influence of formal educational institutions.
- Self-educational — Serving for self-education or stimulating the process of individual learning and formation; an activity, material, or program structurally designed to support the autonomous development of skills without an instructor's assistance.
- To self-examine — To inspect, analyze, or investigate oneself from a physical, medical, intellectual, or spiritual point of view; to subject one's own body, behavior, thoughts, or knowledge to a critical and rigorous examination, usually for preventive or corrective purposes.