Tilden extended interpretation to include adult education as a larger concept

Evidence

The idea that Tilden conceptualized was, as he told Hartzog, a “larger concept of Interpretation” than the one he had developed in Interpreting Our Heritage. In order to give the term interpretation “a fuller meaning and a greater depth,” it must include the education of adults. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 61

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The meaning of interpretation, like the Greek physis, will keep evolving over centuries. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 555; Britain’s 1919 adult education ideal of lifelong universal learning remains unmet — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 299; Adult social attitudes remain changeable through new learning and experiences — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1107

Broader Connections