英国早期的成人教育周简叔１８世纪，特别是工业革命后的英国，阶级分化加剧，上层阶层日趋富有，下层人民日趋贫困，贫民人数日增，社会问题也日趋严重，放荡与无知浸洗着青年人。为了消除这些不良现象，教会，慈善家和慈善机构，提出设立学校，向贫民和青年们进行教育，... The Early Adult Education Week in Britain Zhou Jian In the 18th century, especially after the industrial revolution, class differentiation intensified, the upper class became increasingly wealthy, the lower people became increasingly poor, the number of poor people increased, the social problems became more and more serious, and demoralization and ignorance dipped young people . In order to eliminate these undesirable phenomena, churches, philanthropists and charities propose to set up schools to educate the poor and youth ...