One of the main objectives in contemporary education system is learner's autonomy. That is the reason why many educators practitioners aim to question the importance of encouraging autonomy in the classroom. In this master thesis the topic of learner's autonomy is analysed through three big chapters. It begins with a short review of theories of pedagogy throughout historical development and a status that learner’s autonomy had in each one of them, same as the perception of the importance of its encouraging. Next chapter contains definition of the concept of learner’s autonomy and the main educational documents are analysed in order to find out how the autonomy is perceived in contemporary educational system in Croatia. It is also explained why it is important to encourage development of student’s autonomy through the psychological theory of selfdetermination and then it is also made mention of the topic of modern technology use in developing independent individual. The last chapter is referring to importance of teacher’s role in encouraging learner’s autonomy in the process of learning. It is defined who is a good teacher and what should a teacher do to become an efficient practitioner and at the end of the thesis there are enumerated some educational methods and strategies that can be used in classroom to encourage the autonomy of students.