Autodidacticism

"Self-directed learning" redirects here. For the concept relating to students, see Student-directed teaching.
"Self-taught" redirects here. For the hip hop group, see Self Taught.
"Self-taught learner" redirects here. For the Lissy Trullie album, see Self-Taught Learner.
For broader coverage of this topic, see School of Hard Knocks, Praxis (process), Interdisciplinarity, Emancipation, and Delphic maxims.

Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning, self-study and self-teaching) is the practice of education without the guidance of schoolmasters (i.e., teachers, professors, institutions).