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Thomas Coglan Horsfall, and Manchester Art Museum and University Settlement. The first settlement to be established outside London, and an extension of its parent institution at Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel, Manchester University Settlement was nevertheless, explains Stuart Eagles, deeply rooted in the specific political and cultural history of Ancoats.
Articles
Toynbee Hall, adult education and association – The setting up of the Worker’s Educational Association is often portrayed as Toynbee Hall’s key contribution to adult education. Mark K. Smith suggests it is something else – developing the learning that arises out of the life of an association.
Settlements and social action centres. University and social settlements have pionered a range of innovations within adult education, community development and work with children and young people. We review the development of university and social settlements, educational settlements and social action centres and look at the current situation. We have also compiled an annotated bibliography and listed some useful links.
Educational settlements. Mark Freeman explores the development of educational settlements in Britain and the significant role that Quakerism played. He also outlines some of the key issues they have faced.
Manchester Art Museum and University Settlement Before the First World War. The first settlement to be established outside London, and an extension of its parent institution at Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel, Manchester University Settlement was nevertheless, explains Stuart Eagles, deeply rooted in the specific political and cultural history of Ancoats.
Poverty and opportunity – 100 years of Birmingham Settlement. Jon Glasby reviews the development of the settlement – and highlights some of its achievements.
Residential settlements and social change. A distinguishing feature of the settlement movement is a community that lives and works among the most marginalised to achieve social change. Luke Geoghegan explores the importance of the residential concept; its past, present and potential future with reference to Toynbee Hall.
“The playground of today is the republic of tomorrow”: social reform and organized recreation in the USA, 1890-1930’s. Linnea M. Anderson explores the development of organized recreation programmes in the American settlement and playground movements. She examines core themes and methodologies. These emphasized the relationship between organized play, health, character, and democracy.
Settlements and adult education. A review of adult education practice in social and educational settlements.
Thinkers and pioneers
The Barnetts and Toynbee Hall (to be extended)
Try thinkers for other key theorists.
Key ideas
informal learning
Links
Jane Addams: Biography, bibliography + links from the Nobel Prize site.
Samuel Barnett: Entry in the Dictionary of National Biography
International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres
Urban experience in Chicago: Hull House and its neighbours, 1889-1963. Excellent collection of source materials
British settlements
Mary Ward House: history prepared by NISW
Social action centres
Educational settlements
Letchworth Educational Settlement
American settlement houses
Jane Addams Hull House Association
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Home Page: useful historical and biographical detail.
Northwestern University Settlement House
United Neighbourhood Houses New York
University Settlement – America’s First Social Settlement
Acknowledgement: Oxford House, Bethnal Green by Reading Tom. Sourced from Flickr and reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) licence. http://www.flickr.com/photos/16801915@N06/6952364737/
