DIY learning

The mail this morning included two unsolicited mailouts for the kiwi bloke - with the usual range of tool shed hardware and spring gardening paraphenalia - and both mentioned the nature of the kiwi DIY attitude. I quite liked the transfer of do-it-yourself to learners and learning, (and I’m sure it’s been used before), but DIY learning has a nice ring to it. It captures that desire people of all ages have to find things out for themselves - informal learning - in the same way that many of us are driven to create, change and restore furniture, shelves, gardens, cars…

DIY learning - driven by the user and largely uncontrolled. In the case of school age DIY learners, able to be supported by experts and the provision of the required resources at the appropriate moment.