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[[File:Portrait galileo galilei 1564.jpg|right|thumb|220px|The [[Galileo Galilei]] was an autodidact.]]

[[File:Portrait galileo galilei 1564.jpg|right|thumb|220px|The astronomer, physicist and engineer [[Galileo Galilei]] was an autodidact. He is commonly called a [[polymath]].]]

'''Autodidacticism''' (Self-education) is the practice of [[education]] and/or learning skills without the guidance of schools/schoolmasters (i.e., teachers, professors, institutions, [[mentor]]s). A person who is self-taught is an autodidact.

'''Autodidacticism''' (Self-education) is the practice of [[education]] and/or learning skills without the guidance of schools/schoolmasters (i.e., teachers, professors, institutions, [[mentor]]s). A person who is self-taught is an autodidact.