Evening star., 1936-05-17
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ADULT EDUCATION.

ADULT EDUCATION.
1HHE education of adults beyond
the years usually devoted tC
formal education has assumed
L increasing Importance with
the growth of such problems as the
re-education of the victims of tech
nological unemployment and the lei
sure time occupation of those thrown
on their own resources by shortened
hours of labor. These and other prob
lens in the education of adults will
be discussed at the conference OF
American Association for Adult Ed
ucation to be held in New York City
the week of May 18. The Public
Library presents list of books and
magazine articles on various phases
of the subject. Much additional mate
rial may be had by consulting the
advisory staff of the Sociology Divi-
sion at the Central Building at Eighth
and K streets.
Books.
ADULT EDUCATION AND THE So
S4Ab oSClNG- IIulll AOIAllSAg .
1888. IL.K848.
DR.. Kotinsky shows the relation
ship between adult education and the
social scene to be one of mutual in
teraction in which one supplies the
setting and the other intelligent direc-
ton.
ADULT EDUCATION IN HOME
MAKING, by v. NJ Payson and
A. H. Haley 1929 RY.P2eS.
The purpose of the book is Ito ac-
quaint leaders in adult education
with the opportunities offered in the
field of home making; to give them
a vision of the breadth of this field
and to help them to understand more
completely the means and methods
which may be employed in develop
ing this work.
ADULT INTERESTS, by E. L. Thorn
dixie. 1885. IL.T396ai.
An Illuminating presentation of the
various techniques for arousing in
terest and its value in the learning
situation of the adult.
THE AMERICAN WAY, by J. w.
Studebaker. 1895. ILSt93.
Democracy at work in the Des
Moines forums"
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON
ADULT EDUCATION, compiled by
w. M. Proctor. 1884. zWIL. .Ps43.
ASPECTS OF PosT-CoLLEGIATE
EDUCATION, by K A. Beals. 1885.
nB367
A synopsis of the educational serv-
Ices offered the alumni of a selected
group OF colleges and universities.
THE CHURCH AND ADULT EDU-
CATION, by B. S. Winchester
1880. IL.W72.
EDUCATION TUNES IN. by Never
ing Tyson. 1880. IPR. .T98.
"A study of radio broadcasting in
adult education"
HANDBOOK FOR ADULT EDUCA-
TON IN THE UNITED STATES.
American Association for Adult
Education. 1884. IL.6Am3. (Ref-
erence. does not circulate.)
Description of the aims and pro-
grams Of various local and national
agencies in the field.
INTEGRATIoN OF ADULT Epu-
CATION, by w. H. Stacey. 1885.
IL.St2.
An attempt to set forth principles
for the coordination of efforts in
adult education.
A STATE PLAN FOR ADULT EDU-
CATION, by Lyman Bryson. 1884.
IL.B847.
MIR. Bryson, formerly director, Cal
1fornia Association for Adult Educa-
tion, gives digest of their activities.
TEN YEARS OF ADULT EDucA-
TON, by M. A. Cartwright. 1895.
IL.C25.
. An account of the experiments and
roblems dealt with by the American
association for Adult Education since
1924.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND ADULT
EDUCATION; a symposium on
certain problems of re-education
arising from permanent lay-off"
the displacement of men and
women in industry through the
introduction Of machinery and
other abor-saving devices, some
times known as chronological un-
employment. by c. A. Beard, Stuart
Chase. p. H. Douglas and others;
ed. by M. A. Cartwright. 1881.
HFW.C25.
Magazines.
ADULT EDUCATION AND HUMAN
RELATIONS, by H. A. Overstreet.
Vital Speeches. 1889. Septem-
Der %, 1885.
ITO build finely equipped. mature
individuals-this is basic if we are
to advance beyond our confusions and
despairs into a world of wisdom and
humaneness."
ADULT EDUCATION AND THE
RECREATION MOVEMENT