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Of course it is more teacher controlled than my example but it does allow for a kind of scaffolding of their (self-initiated) talk.

S is for Scaffolding « An A-Z of ELT 2010

Ultimately, I conclude that I prefer my current arrangement, one that allows me peace and quiet at home and a sufficient number of self-initiated awkward public encounters.

Millie Kerr: Unwritten Urban Rules -- The Pet Edition Millie Kerr 2011

To drive the point home, Deborah Meier wryly suggested that we stop using the word play altogether and declare that children need time for "self-initiated cognitive activity."

Alfie Kohn: Five Not-So-Obvious Propositions About Play Alfie Kohn 2011

The main creative challenge is really self-initiated.

Boing Boing 2009

Ultimately, I conclude that I prefer my current arrangement, one that allows me peace and quiet at home and a sufficient number of self-initiated awkward public encounters.

Millie Kerr: Unwritten Urban Rules -- The Pet Edition Millie Kerr 2011

What sets Imagination Playground apart from the others is that it was a self-initiated project, he says.

Wearing a Philanthropic Heart on Their Designs Nicole Swengley 2011

Ultimately, I conclude that I prefer my current arrangement, one that allows me peace and quiet at home and a sufficient number of self-initiated awkward public encounters.

Millie Kerr: Unwritten Urban Rules -- The Pet Edition Millie Kerr 2011

Sixteen months into the Obama administration, all that President Hu Jintao was willing to say is that "China will continue to steadily push forward reform of the renminbi exchange-rate formation mechanism in a self-initiated, controllable and gradual manner".

Leo Hindery, Jr.: China Trade Reform: Mission (Not Yet) Accomplished 2010

Apart from its own self-initiated safety efforts through the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, the industry operates under the watchful eye of a strong regulatory authority, and with significant input from state and local officials.

Christine Todd Whitman: The Case for Nuclear Power Is as Strong as Ever Christine Todd Whitman 2010

His regional framework, for instance, represented "self-initiated democracy," which is "much better than an imposed formula, and we noticed for the last five years there is an objection [in the region] … against that imposed formula."

I Need Direction To Get Through | ATTACKERMAN 2008