TY - CHAP A1 - Knorl, Susanne A1 - Soska, Alexander A1 - Schroll-Decker, Irmgard A1 - Mottok, Jürgen T1 - Reconstructing students’ subjective theories on self-directed learning a qualitative research approach in Software Engineering education T2 - 2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 18-20 March 2015, Tallinn, Estonia N2 - Considering the claim of furthering self-directed learning in higher education in general and in Software Engineering education in particular, this paper deals with a new approach on understanding and facilitating self-directed learning. This approach involves the concept of subjective theories, which are expected to influence students' self-directed learning. Therefore this paper presents the intended qualitative research design for reconstructing these subjective theories and for developing ways of integrating them in didactical situations in higher education and especially in Software Engineering education. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095990 SP - 314 EP - 317 ER -