Abstract
Objectives In this study, we examined the research and application method for international education development cooperation of ‘self-directed learning’, which emerged as a new paradigm, considering the trend and demand of education. Therefore, related studies were collected, and the subjects of the studies were analyzed through the frequency of the topics and the correlation of research subjects.
 Methods Utilizing keyword ‘Self-directed’, ‘learning’, and ‘education’ with ‘detailed keyword search’, 160 KCI and KCI candidate journals published for last 10years are selected from RISS. A total of 640 keywords(4 from each article) from the selected 160 articles are analyzed utilizing Network Text Analysis.
 Results The main results derived accordingly are as follows. First, research on ‘Self-directed learning’ has continued albeit in small numbers. Second, the most appearing keyword was ‘College education’ both in frequency and centrality analysis. Third, the research has been applied and studied in various subjects. Forth, the cluster of subjects consists of five groups, and the connection between “college education” and “satisfaction” was relatively high.
 Conclusions Considering that the case of the SOLE of Sugata Mitra, an application of self-directed learning in the international community, conducting various studies in the expanded scope is meaningful. Since many studies have been mainly applied to university education setting in Korea, expanding the scope of studies to elementary education, secondary education, and lifelong education is able to deduce meaningful results. Second, it seems that self-directed learning can be applied in various integrated themes. Third, the contents and methods for teacher training in international education development cooperation need to be changed based on the philosophy of self-directed learning. Forth, it is suggested to devise a self-directed learning environment using mobile phones, considering the lack of “Broadband” and the dramatic growth in the supply and use of mobile phones in East African countries.
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