What is autonomy? Autonomy is defined as the ability to make your own decisions without being influenced by anyone else. (Longman Dictionary, Contemporary English) Autonomy is an individual's capacity for self-determination or self-government. Another distinction that can be made is between autonomy as a mere ability to make decisions and autonomy as an ideal. When autonomy functions as an ideal, agents who do not meet certain criteria in making a decision are considered non-autonomous with respect to that decision. (Dryden, J., 2010). As we can see in these concepts, autonomy is the freedom, capacity and ability that a human being has to make a decision. It means doing things ourselves, without asking for help. In the school context, autonomy is the ability to learn, work and practice on your own, in this way you would become an autonomous learner. What is self-directed learning? Autonomous learning, also called Student-centered learning or flexible learning (Taylor, 2000) refers to changing the focus in the classroom from teacher to student (or from teaching to learning). This is based on a constructivist theory of learning (see How Students Learn 4) whereby each individual student constructs their own understanding based on their prior knowledge and current learning experiences (Kember, 1997). Self-directed learning is the ability someone shows to understand, learn, or understand a topic, subject, or anything else, in their own way. It doesn't matter if it's about learning to play an instrument or it's school related. This method is used in order to make the student feel autonomous and responsible for their own learning. The teacher must provide activities, but the student is responsible... middle of the paper... the school, the teaching community, the students' parents and the students will have expectations about the roles the teacher should perform. These expectations may be very different from the teacher roles that facilitate student responsibility, and if that is the case, changing them will require a lot of patience and caution. (A Scharle - ‎2000) The role of the teacher has undergone many changes over time, as new models are implemented in schools, the requirements are constantly changing. In independent learning, the teacher must provide the material, but the student is solely responsible for progressing through the lessons. In this case, the teacher plays the role of a facilitator or consultant, which means that he must facilitate the material, but is not responsible for all the work, the student can communicate his opinion, and the teacher must help, without doing everything the work.