Lancasterian

comparative more Lancasterian · superlative most Lancasterian

1. Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838), in which the advanced pupils in a school teach the pupils below them.

   These semipublic, philanthropic organizations later came to regard the so-called Lancasterian system as ideal, since it offered mass education at low cost.

   2004, Paul Seattler, The Evolution of American Educational Technology, page 33