I saw self-directed learning in my mother as she set her goal, which was to complete each class, and to earn her degree.

Motivation to Learn

I felt like my mother was really motivated to learn. She was internally motivated because she had always wanted the opportunity to earn her degree in education and to become a classroom teacher. She often spoke about how she wanted to be able to help others to succeed, so she was motivated by the idea of encouraging and motivating her students. She was also externally motivated by the idea of financial rewards because she knew that she would make more money by working as a classroom teacher than as a teacher's aide. My mother had the internal drive to learn combined with the external motivation of making a better living.

Lesson 11

Importance of the Knowledge of Adult Development

According to Merriam (1984), it...
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