1. self-directed - Adjective
2. self-directed - Adjective Satellite
(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
Source: WordNetVoluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels. Barbara Tuchman
Because responsibility or consequence for self-directed action lies partly outside the self, an element of externalization is involved. Source: Internet
Children will be taught how to write poetry and socialize appropriately, through the lenses of creative and free thinking, self-directed learning, and reading/writing comprehension. Source: Internet
In addition, in a sense, anti-psychiatry was not so much a demand for the end of psychiatry, as it was an often self-directed demand for psychiatrists and allied professionals to question their own judgements, assumptions and practices. Source: Internet
He also lived at Horton, Berkshire from 1635 and undertook six years of self-directed private study. Source: Internet
A leading expert in childhood development makes the case for why self-directed learning--"unschooling"--is the best way to get kids to learn. Source: Internet