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Education in Robert Owen’s new society: the New Lanark institute and schools. Contents: introduction · beginnings · the institute · infant schooling ·schooling and adult education · curricula ·civics and environment · dancing, music, drill · happy children · further reading and references · links · how to cite this article Robert Owen (1771-1858), social and educational reformer, remains a controversial and enigmatic figure. Having profited enormously from enterprise in the early Industrial Revolution he set about trying to remedy its excesses through environmental, educational, factory and poor law reform.

Synthesizing reformist ideas from the Age of Enlightenment and drawing on his own experience as an industrialist he constructed A New View of Society (1816), a rallying call for widespread social change, with education at its core. New Lanark, the test-bed for his ideas, became internationally famous. Beginnings The Institute As events transpired the new Institute for the Formation of Character was not formally opened until New Year’s Day 1816. Infant school. Encore -- Sustainability in tourism [electronic resource] : a multidisciplinary approach / edited by Ian Jenkins, Roland Schröder. Today travel and tourism have evolved beyond an annual trip to the seaside.

Long-haul flights around the globe are fully booked with both business and leisure travelers; health tourism is expanding exponentially and religious travel continues to support a significant portion of tourism in some countries. The age of mass tourism, whilst making travel affordable for all societal groups, has also created environmental problems on both a micro and macro level. A key question is therefore how can tourism be made more sustainable? Under the broad umbrella of sustainable development, this book examines sustainable tourism by taking into account factors such as media, business profitability, educational inclusiveness, political and community needs, medical tourism and aspects of sustainable labeling and marketing.

Furthermore, each author offers perspectives on methods that industry and governments might employ to create more sustainable practices and policies. New Lanark Conservation Trust About Us. Resources and Publications - Resources_and_Publications_Update_Feb_2010.pdf. New Lanark Awards List - Awards_list_update_February_2010.pdf. New Lanark - an introduction - New_Lanark_-_an_introduction_-_no logos_2009.pdf. Requests for Heritage Management Information - Requests_for_Heritage_Management_Information.pdf. Looking after our heritage - World Heritage Sites in Scotland - New Lanark. New Lanark is an eighteenth century restored cotton mill village on the banks of the River Clyde, close to the Falls of Clyde in Southern Scotland. New Lanark was created as a cotton-spinning village in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century and was transformed under the management of Robert Owen.

Owen greatly improved the conditions, facilities and services for the workers and their families and this led to many social improvements including progressive education, factory reform, more humane working practices and garden cities. By 1799 New Lanark was the biggest cotton mill in Scotland and formed one of the largest industrial groups in the world. Over 2,000 people lived or worked in the village. The mill continued manufacturing cotton for nearly 200 years, until 1968. This helps explain why the buildings in the village are so little changed. Inscription and Significance New Lanark was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001. Location Managing the Site Visiting the Site. Looking after our heritage - World Heritage Site Information and News. Untitled - new-lanark-whs-leaflet.pdf. Whs-poster.pdf. Untitled - world-heritage-sites-leaflet.pdf.

World-heritage-sites-scotland-fact-sheet.pdf. New-lanark-factsheet.pdf. Newlanarkmanagementplan.pdf. Newlanarkactionplan.pdf.