Students' self-education: learning to learn across the lifespan

A successful learner in the modem society should be able to integrate knowledge from different sources, educate and self-educate throughout the life in order to be competitive in an increasingly globalized labor market. To involve students in self-education process and encourage their independence in learning we have developed an elective course for students "Learning to learn across the lifespan". It involves studying three modules: designing students' individual educational route; designing European Language Portfolio; developing students' ability to work wills different sources of information. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.