Nurse education

Physics

Sociology

Pedagogy

Autodidacticism

Medical education

Creativity

Nursing

Psychology

Ethnology

Scale (ratio)

Learning styles

Quantum mechanics

Chiang mai

Medicine

Social psychology

Openness to experience

Nursing and Health Sciences

This study took place in Thailand where didactic and lecture-driven teaching styles are beginning to transform into student-centered methods. At Chiang Mai University Faculty of Nursing in Thailand, the readiness of 272 undergraduate students to undertake self-directed learning was investigated using two instruments: a demographic data questionnaire and Guglielmino's Self Directed Learning Readiness Scale. The study found that the overall self-directed learning readiness of participants was at a high level in the categories of openness to learning opportunities, self-concept as an effective learner, initiative and independence in learning, informed acceptance of responsibility for one's own learning, creativity, and the ability to use basic study and problem-solving skills. The findings provide encouragement to nurse educators to further apply self-directed learning in nursing courses, to improve teaching and learning methods, and promote life-long learning for nurses within Thailand and elsewhere.

Readiness for self‐directed learning among nursing students in Thailand