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Paulston, Rolland G. – 1988
Non-formal adult educational programs in Scandinavian and North American popular movements have often been used to advance popular, democractic movements in both areas. Folk schools are often viewed as a panacea for social and educational problems, but as the findings here demonstrate, it is not just education but the mobilization of people around…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Folk Culture, Folk Schools, Nonformal Education
