American Ideas about Adult Education, 1710-1951Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1959 - 140 pages |
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... of that afflicted neighbor ? 10. Has any person a proposal to make , for the fur- ther advantage , assistance , and usefulness of this society ? 2 A Founding Father as Adult Educator BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To Cotton Mather 17.
... of that afflicted neighbor ? 10. Has any person a proposal to make , for the fur- ther advantage , assistance , and usefulness of this society ? 2 A Founding Father as Adult Educator BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To Cotton Mather 17.
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... advantage as its powers mature , the disci- pline of every - day life , in solving problems of existence , support , and business , gives a certain advantage to the so - called uneducated mind during the middle period of life . Between ...
... advantage as its powers mature , the disci- pline of every - day life , in solving problems of existence , support , and business , gives a certain advantage to the so - called uneducated mind during the middle period of life . Between ...
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... advantage of it . Nearly all of its institutions - colleges , universities , polytechnic institutes , technical and industrial schools- are closed against the breadwinners , because they are occupied with their work during the day , the ...
... advantage of it . Nearly all of its institutions - colleges , universities , polytechnic institutes , technical and industrial schools- are closed against the breadwinners , because they are occupied with their work during the day , the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION By C Hartley Grattan | 7 |
A Mechanic on Adult Education | 20 |
On Lectures for Moral and Intellectual | 37 |
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