Self-Taught
who has authority to learn what
Terms about who has authority to learn what — the stance of teaching yourself without institutional permission. Different family from the Adaptive Expertise cluster (which is about how knowledge transfers). Canonical lineage runs through Enlightenment self-improvement (Franklin, Douglass), adult-education theory (Knowles, Tough), and connectivism (Siemens & Downes); adjacent to Illich, Holt, and Freire.
01AutodidactismThe stance of teaching yourself without institutional permission — older, broader cousin of Adaptive Amateurismdevelopingconcept02Iterative Self-PracticeLewin's action research / Revans's action learning reframed for multipotentialites — the cycle itself is the credential; knowledge produced through your own action-reflection loop is legitimate knowledge, no institution required. Foregrounds the method where Autodidactism foregrounds the studentworking slugdevelopingpractice