George Birkbeck; Pioneer of Adult Education.

Autor/in	Kelly, Thomas
Titel	George Birkbeck; Pioneer of Adult Education.
Quelle	(1957), (390 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Educators; Biographies; History; Industrialization; Labor Education; Libraries; Literacy; Lower Class; Physicians; Socioeconomic Influences; Trade and Industrial Education; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Industrialisation; Industrialisierung; Labour education; Arbeitserziehung; Library; Bibliothek; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung
Abstract	George Birkbeck, known to the present generation principally as the founder of Birkbeck College, was a Quaker doctor and teacher who played a leading role in a great variety of educational institutions and movements in the first half of the nineteenth century. This biography describes his early years in Yorkshire, his life as a student in Edinburgh, his work as a teacher of science in Glasgow and his medical and educational activities in London. It also gives the first complete survey of the origins and history of the mechanics' institute movement, with which he was particularly associated. This great adult education movement provided the starting point for many of our modern public libraries and technical colleges. Appendixes include a bibliography of Birkbeck's letters and a listing of mechanics' institutions recorded in Great Britain up to 1851, which shows the growth and geographical distribution of these institutions. (Author/DM)
Anmerkungen	Liverpool University Press, Bedford House, 75 Bedford Street South, Liverpool 7, England (45s. net)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC