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An Investigation Of Problems In Adult Education, With Special Emphasis Upon A Particular Program In The State Of Virginia, Roy Conrad Lilly
An Investigation Of Problems In Adult Education, With Special Emphasis Upon A Particular Program In The State Of Virginia, Roy Conrad Lilly
Master's Theses
As the modern system of education progresses, new terms are being applied to old practices with resulting new significance. Such a new term is "adult education"; such an old practice is lifelong learning. The latter is, of course, and ancient ideal in the history of civilization, but adult education as an organized social process is comparatively recent in American life.
An Investigation Of Problems In Adult Education, With Special Emphasis Upon A Particular Program In The State Of Virginia, Roy Conrad Lilly
An Investigation Of Problems In Adult Education, With Special Emphasis Upon A Particular Program In The State Of Virginia, Roy Conrad Lilly
Master's Theses
As the modern system of education progresses, new terms are being applied to old practices with resulting new significances. Such a new term is "adult education"; such an old practice is lifelong learning. The latter is, of course, an ancient ideal in the history of civilization, but adult education as an organized social process is comparatively recent in American life. Although the term was not recognized under the name "adult education" until 1924, in meaning and practice it reaches backward into our early community life to the opening of the first public evening school in 1819, to the first attempt …