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Peer reviewedShawen, Neil M. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1979
Describes the American lyceum movement in the nineteenth century, which embodied many principles now included in adult learning theory. The lyceum was a sort of adult learning center, mostly at the village level, which used the lecture-teaching-learning approach with community study circles to share experience and knowledge. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Role
