Nineteenth Century British Working Class Adult Education: A Model for Australian Colonial Efforts.

Sumner, R. J.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Nineteenth Century British Working Class Adult Education: A Model for Australian Colonial Efforts.

Sumner, R. J.

Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, v30 n1 p4-12 Apr 1990

In nineteenth-century Britain, adult education for the working classes was provided by Sunday schools, working men's colleges, university extension, and mechanics' institutes. Similar efforts in colonial Australia laid the foundation for twentieth-century adult education initiatives. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Educationally Disadvantaged, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Working Class

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia; United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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