Reflections on the American Lyceum: The Legacy of Josiah Holbrook and the Transcendental Sessions

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dc.contributor.authorKhrapak, Vyacheslav
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-08T20:12:33Z
dc.date.available2014-12-08T20:12:33Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-02
dc.description.abstractThe American Lyceum Movement became a pivotal foundation of U.S. adult education during the nineteenth-century. Holbrook recognized adult learners’ educational demands diversified during the rise of industrialism. Thus, he ingeniously fashioned an adult learning complex outside restrictions commonly found in denominational higher education institutions. He did so in a fashion appealing to higher education standards of the time in both presentation and practicality. What began as an effort to create a network of community associations, designed for the promotion of applied sciences and mechanical arts, soon evolved into a massive national undertaking that encapsulated the emergent transcendental and reformist assertiveness of a young nation. The sheer expansiveness of the Lyceum Movement also set an influential groundwork that predisposed Justin Morrill to write the decisive legislation of the American Agricultural College Acts. Over the course of many years, Morrill was actively engaged in Lyceum activity. His direct interaction with the Lyceum helped him form rationalizations about the expanding demands of adult learners during the Industrial Revolution and the potential for westward expansion. This rationale eventually contributed to the formation of land-grant colleges. Morrill’s progressive institutions paralleled Holbrook’s undertaking and became part of the formal structure of U.S. higher education. As a result, access to higher education was expanded on an unprecedented scale. Examining this history sheds light on how advances in science and technology change the needs and demographics of adult learners fundamentally, historically, and in the modern day.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis is a postprint of the published article.
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationKhrapak, Vyacheslav (2014). Reflections on the American Lyceum: the legacy of Josiah Holbrook and the Transcendental Sessions. Journal of Philosophy and History of Education 64(1), 47-62. http://www.journalofphilosophyandhistoryofeducation.com/jophe64_individual_files/Khrapak64JoPHE.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/13856
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.subjectAdult Educationen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Historyen_US
dc.subjectJosiah Holbrooken_US
dc.subjectTranscendentalismen_US
dc.subjectJustin Smith Morrillen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural Mechanicsen_US
dc.subjectBenjamin Sillmanen_US
dc.subjectCommunity Educationen_US
dc.subjectEgalitarianismen_US
dc.subjectEngineeringen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectFarmingen_US
dc.subjectGardineren_US
dc.subjectHenry David Thoreauen_US
dc.subjectHorace Mannen_US
dc.subjectLand Grant Collegeen_US
dc.subjectLyceumen_US
dc.subjectMassive Online Open Coursesen_US
dc.subjectMOOCsen_US
dc.subjectMorrill Acten_US
dc.subjectMorrill Land-Grant Colleges Acten_US
dc.subjectMechanicsen_US
dc.subjectNathaniel Hawthorneen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectProgressiveen_US
dc.subjectRalph Waldo Emersonen_US
dc.subjectSalemen_US
dc.subjectTechnical Educationen_US
dc.subjectTechnologyen_US
dc.subjectTrancendentalisten_US
dc.subjectYale Reporten_US
dc.titleReflections on the American Lyceum: The Legacy of Josiah Holbrook and the Transcendental Sessionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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