الكَلِم
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 479-494
2024-06-01

The Importance Of Teaching Ralph Emerson’s “self-reliance” In Developing Learners’ Autonomy: Attitudes And Perceptions Of Third Year Students At The Ens Of Laghouat.

Authors : Abdelalim Mohammed Taha .

Abstract

The study investigates how encouraging students' autonomy might be achieved through teaching Emerson's "Self-Reliance" essay. Ralph Waldo Emerson's notion of self-reliance places a strong emphasis on the virtues of individuality and self-belief. The purpose of this study is to look into how teaching this essay might help students become more autonomous and explore their attitudes and perceptions towards it through conducting a survey in which their responses were collected and later discussed to determine the effects of studying the essay on their view about autonomy. The results revealed favorable attitudes about the students’ willingness to embrace autonomy and independence in learning and decision-making, which are highly encouraged by the principles of Emerson’s essay.

Keywords

autonomy ; education ; Emerson ; individuality ; self-reliance ; transcendentalism