I think the MyWays outcome framework from NGLC does the best job of describing these self-direction capabilities as Habits of Success (self-direction, perseverance, positive mindset, and learning), Wayfinding Abilities (e.g., surveying, identifying opportunity, developing plans, finding help, and navigating) and Creative Know How (e.g., entrepreneurship and practical life skills).
And there appear to be gender differences in wayfinding abilities as well.
Investigations into the neurological roots of wayfinding abilities have yielded compelling results, one of the most significant being the 2014 Nobel Prize winning discovery of "place cells".
The headlines touting the idea that men are generally better at navigation could be harmful in part because there's also evidence to suggest that beliefs about wayfinding abilities can be self-fulfilling.
Wayfinding, the ability to recall the environment and navigate through it, is an essential cognitive skill relied upon almost every day in a person's life.
They focus on the following topics: spatial ability; wayfinding and navigation; spatial memory; and systems and simulations.
Automatic wayfinding is eroding natural abilities, warns Roger McKinlay.
Virtual Environments with soundscapes: a study on immersion and spatial abilities with wayfinding tasks.
According to Lawton, who has authored one of the most widely-cited studies of gender differences in spatial abilities and wayfinding, men are more likely to rely on cardinal directions and distance measurements, while women are more likely to rely on landmarks at which to make a turn, for instance.
In another definition, wayfinding was defined as the ability for humans to recognize locations and approaching destinations, both cognitively and behaviorally [38, 39].
Wayfinding is something that's often taken for granted.
