Co-operative Education in Britain at the end of the 19th Century with Special Reference to the Oxford University Extension Delegacy

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  • 19世紀末イギリスにおける生活協同組合の教育活動
  • 19世紀末イギリスにおける生活協同組合の教育活動--オックスフォード大学拡張委員会との連携を中心に
  • 19セイキマツ イギリス ニ オケル セイカツ キョウドウ クミアイ ノ キョウイク カツドウ オックスフォード ダイガク カクチョウ イインカイ トノ レンケイ オ チュウシン ニ
  • －オックスフォード大学拡張委員会との連携を中心に－

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<p>  At the end of the 19th Century there was a rich associational culture among the working class in Britain. The Co-operative Societies were one such association. The Co-operative movement was started by the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society (established in 1844) to implement Owenite ideals, and put emphasis upon education for their members.</p><p>  This paper attempts to reveal the process of the development of co-operative education with the Co-operative Union and Oxford University Extension from the 1880s to the 1890s, analyse the debate about co-operative education, and clarify the educational work planed and carried out by them.</p><p>  After the Foster Act of 1870, elementary education was provided by the state, leaving co-operative educators to consider what part of education was to be undertaken by them. At the Fourteenth Annual Co-operative Congress, Arnold Toynbee proposed “education of the citizen” and B. Jones said “technical instruction in co-operation,” “the systematic teaching of the principles and practice of co-operation,” and “the making of perfect co-operators”.</p><p>  After that congress, important steps in the organisation of educational committees and educational policies of Jones' plan were realized. The educational committee of the Co-operative Union and sections were established. Those committees played leading roles in co-operative education. Subjects included Co-operation, Industrial History, Citizenship, and Bookkeeping. At the end of 1890s, reforms in co-operative education were suggested. New educational works were provided in cooperation with the educational committee of the Union and Oxford University Extension Delegacy.</p>

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