The Staged Self-Directed Learning Model

Grow's article Teaching Learners to be Self-Directed ( Adult Education Quarterly, Spring 1991), in which he presents his Staged Self-Directed Learning (SSDL) Model, concludes with an implicit invitation for others to participate in the “ongoing conversation of those who encourage self-directed, lifelong learning.” The following response to his article is offered in the spirit of this “ongoing conversation.”