Meeting educational challenges of pre- and post-COVID-19 conditions through self-directed learning: considering the contextual quality of educational experience necessary

Purpose Fostering the skills necessary for self-directed learning (SDL) competence could be considered most essential goal of formal education, especially due to uncertainty and changing conditions – exampled by COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, SDL can afford a person ability adapt social contextual conditions, thus facilitating personal growth development even in face volatile rapidly conditions. The aim this study is explore, theoretically, quality educational experience learners secure adaptive meaning-making: order meet demands our world. Design/methodology/approach To date, research has failed comprehensively identify exactly what type such an meaning-making process during SDL. present theoretical paper attempts redress concern. Findings Highly contextualized enable contextual-specific, adaptable, meaning-making. Two constituents are proposed: contextual-specific information available experience; meaning schemes resultant from process. Originality/value This novel work presents important argument that education should encourage construct knowledge adaptable transferable their context, rather than automatized not or transferable. key concern persons who therefore given consideration both design further on Like vaccine arm provides certain protection against COVID-19, fostering populations’ fundamental affording with