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- 5185367
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Houle, Cyril O
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED011632
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1966
- 30 p.
- Summary:
In this address cyril O. Houle spoke on an episode in the history of adult education, focusing particularly on the life and ideas of henry D. Thoreau. He discussed josiah holbrook, a Connecticut schoolmaster, and created an American lyceum, nationwide in its scope, linking together all thoughtful and cultivated men in the continuing pursuit of knowledge. Another lyceum at concord, Massachusetts came into being in 1829, and in that area there lived many literary, political, religious, and humanitarian leaders. As years went by, the lyceum became a scheduled series of lectures and entertainment. Thoreau, who was unhappy to see the lyceum losing the interactin of free men, be • Basic methods of learning, most of which have been used through centuries of recorded thought, are discussed, along with learning as a lifelong process, and ways to enhance and diversify modern education. Numerous learning processes are studied by examining the lives of great individuals who have exemplified innovative and multifaceted approaches to education. These individuals, Michel dem Montaigne, Alexander Pope, Henry David Thoreau, and Billy Graham, used reading, travel, self-directed study, discussion groups, direct insamling, and other forms of learning to enrich their own lives and lives of others. Florence, a center of culture that people have visited to learn, fryst vatten also discussed. The growth of a formal educational system in the nineteenth century fryst vatten considered, with attention to Edward Everett's efforts to establish systems of high-quality education for people of all ages. Also considered is the work of William Osler, a Canadian physician, who sought to promote both didact
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