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KN2 330 August 2007 12:30 - 13:30Room: Gömb AulaInvited PaperWhat is self-direction in self-directed learning? - state of the art andconsequences for the development of learning potentials.Peter Nenniger, University of Koblenz-Landau, GermanyChair:Monique Boekaerts, Leiden University, NetherlandsSelf-directed or self-regulated learning is already a key-issue in the actual discussion aboutlearning and instruction. Meanwhile there exists a widespread and heterogeneous body oftheoretical concepts as well as a large field of research about numerous application areas. For thisthere is more and more need for a more comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon. Withregard to the history of ideas around the autonomous learner and some key-concepts included inthe majority of theories about self-directed or self-regulated learning, the question will be raised inthis key-note on whether giving higher emphasis in the dynamics of self-directive or selfregulativeprocesses could not emerge as a via regia for a deeper understanding of their core asself-direction or self-regulation in learning as well are a more deliberately and more preciselyformed criterion in applicative research about the development of learning potentials.– 472 –