Thematic cooperative learning activities encourage authentic communication. The learner shares one's ideas with others in the group. Interaction encourages the values of respect and cooperation, thus building effective peer learning groups. The teacher becomes the facilitator, reduces the role of dispenser of learning. ...

In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defined from a human resources perspective, where it denotes a (relatively high) level of discretion granted to an employee in …