本論文嘗試以運作於1826年至1846年間的英國實學推廣社（Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge）為討論核心，探索十九世紀前期英國政府尚未介入勞工教育時，實學推廣社在勞工教育中所扮演的角色。闡述推廣社成立、組織運作，以科學調查分析方法考察既有技工學社（Mechanics’ Institutes）缺陷，積極透過出版印刷品作為教育勞工知識途徑。本論文希冀透過實學推廣社的建立與發展，建構出英國十九世紀勞工教育發展的另一種樣貌。
本論文概分為五章：第一章，介紹十九世紀新興勞工群體漸受重視，但社會對勞工存著懷疑態度，因此輿論對勞工教育有兩極不同看法，造成社會以非正式方式進行勞工教育。第二章，布洛漢（Henry Peter Brougham）與實學推廣社的成立，說明推廣社初期在何種觀念下形成，並分析其組織構成、經費、成員、成立目的和宗旨等。第三章，實學推廣社對技工學社的考察，推廣社數次考察既有技工學社設備與教導主題缺陷，引領出在既有基礎上開創出獨特教育勞工方式。第四章，實學推廣社的出版實務，推廣社經由多元化出版策略，在競爭激烈出版品市場中脫穎而出，吸引勞工讀者並且成為教育勞工的重要媒介。第五章，出版品內容與勞工教育的關係，對推廣社出版品內容做概要分析，推廣社傳播教育勞工為何種「有用知識」？

This thesis focused on the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1826-1846. The S.D.U.K. plays a very important role in labour education in nineteenth-century England before the England government pay attention to the labour education. In this thesis, the establishment and organization process of S.D.U.K. and the defect investigation of Mechanics’ Institutes by scientific analysis method was presented. The S.D.U.K. educated the labour by enthusiastic publication. This thesis also try to reconstruct and explore the development of labour education in nineteenth-century England by S.D.U.K..
This thesis was divided into five chapters. Chapter one states the newly rising labour class was still doubted by the community and therefore labour education proceeded informally. Chapter two states how Henry Peter Brougham established the S.D.U.K. and the formation of organization, budge, member, goal and believe of the S.D.U.K.. Chapter three focused on the inspection of Mechanics’ Institutes by the S.D.U.K.. By frequent defect inspection, the S.D.U.K. basically developed unique laboring education. In chapter four, the strategy of variable publication make the S.D.U.K. to stand out in the publisher market. These publications also became the very important medium to educate the labour class. The final chapter presented the relationship between the content of the publication, the labouring education and the type of selected knowledge by the S.D.U.K..

1.原始檔案
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Papers
S.D.U.K. General Committee Minutes
S.D.U.K. Miscellaneous Committee Management
S.D.U.K. Publication Committee Minutes
The Parliamentary Debate-Hansard
S.D.U.K. Special Topics
Edinburgh Review
Dublin Review
Plain Englishman

2.原始著作
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