Self-Instruction Blues
The mainstream of campus instruction has so far been little affected by learner-centered approaches such as self-instruction. The paper identifies the major obstacles preventing the wider use of self-instruction: the problems of managing the individual learner in institutions of higher education and of promoting the development of self -instructional materials by the rank and file of the faculty. Self-instruction will flourish only through a centralized approach where the administration provides adequate logistical support for monitoring, testing, and counseling the self-paced learner; where teaching strategies are predicated on what is being taught rather than on the teaching preferences of the faculty; and where new ways can be found for providing faculty with support for instructional development.