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Peer reviewedWeaver, Richard L., II – Communication Quarterly, 1976
Discusses the lyceum, originally designed primarily to give local citizens an opportunity to speak, debate and discuss, and notes Josiah Holbrook's contributions to the lyceum movement considered to be one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching movements in America from 1830 to 1850. (MH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, American History, Educational Development
Peer reviewedNewsom, Ron – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1977
Reviews self-directed lifelong learning among adults in London from 1558-1640 as nurtured by individuals, organizations, self-improvement publications, and colleges. (EM)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Books, Educational Development
Council for Educational Technology, London (England). – 1984
Beginning with a definition of open learning as flexible learning systems in which people study how, when, and where it suits them, this summary reports on activities of the Council of Educational Technology (CET) that are designed to promote open learning systems; explains different forms of open learning systems, such as flexistudy, learning by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colleges, Developed Nations, Educational Development
Download full textBoeren, Ad, Ed.; Kater, Adri, Ed. – 1990
This book documents the experiences that were gathered in project DELSILIFE, Development of a Coordinated Educational Intervention System for Improving the Quality of Life of the Rural Poor through Self-Reliance. The project was carried out by the Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) for the South-East Asian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Education
