THE SELF LEARNING PROCESS

Learning is a forgotten art these days. There is so much `teaching' for the young children that there is a tendency on everyone's part to think that without teaching there is no learning. I submit that when there is no teaching the learning process is must faster.

Environmental interaction is a powerful tool in the self learning process. Climbing up a hill or getting down can rarely be taught because every `hand-hold' or a `foot hold' on the rock is a unique process of `self learning'. The younger children {assumption is that they have not been `taught'} learn swimming much faster when there is no teaching.

But self learning doesn't mean the absence of the teacher. His role is that of a co-ordinator or a motivator. He can show unknow vistas - fire the imagination to much greater heights. This is totally absent in todays' teachers. They hardly inspire.

For the motivaor to inside the LEARNERS - he himself should be ready to self learn at all times. It is surprising how most of the teachers stop `learning' and just repeat their lessons like audio cassettes. They donot allow you to interrupt - they donot allow you to question - they are so dull - its often good to sleep in their classes.

The self learning process is a vibrant force in which everyone learns - no one teaches. The lesson is never the same. As individuals change the direction of the lesson also changes. The questions are different and occassionally strange answers are found. Innovation comes naturally in the process of self learning. Indeed the arraival of man from the jungle to today's super cities has been a process of self learning and innovation. Today's teachers would have advised the cae dwellers to stay in the caves and not venture out at all. They do it today only the shape of the cave is slightly different.

Self learning begets complete understanding. Once begun - the process of self learning is a constant source of knowledge - it moves in all the dimensions to give a clearer perspective. There is no ambiguity in thinking.

Clear thoughts help determine positive action. There is no confusion. Positive action is a promise of achievement. The synergised mental and physical achievements is the `nirvana' that is the culmination of all living beings.