1920년대 영국의 기술교육 문제 = 정부와 기업가들의 반응을 중심으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

After experiencing the immediate postwar inflationary boom, the economic scene of Britain soon became gloomy. There were a series of industrial disputes by miners, engineering workers and railwaymen during 1919~21, demanding higher wages. The situation was aggravated by growing foreign competition and the relatively weak export performance of British industry in the international market. The state began to reduce its involvement in the economy which had been enormously expanded during the war and concurrently attempted to scrutinize public spending with great care.
In accordance with the growing hardening of economic conditions, in the 1920s a great deal of concern was urgently given to the importance and need for technical education by successive governments and vested interests. Under the presidency of Lord Eustace Percy the Board of Education had vigorously made efforts to improve the relationship, in general, between education and industry, as well as technical education itself. Several inquiries were launched by the Board and the results of these investigations were published. In addition to the national-level employers' organizations such as the FBI, many progressive industrialists had openly demonstrated their keen interest in education and this concern soon led to the creation of their national organization in 1919 known as the AEIC.
Despite substantial progress and actual achievements, however, the traditional framework which had hindered rapid improvement of technical education since the nineteenth century was little changed. Though there were a series of investigations throughout the period which emphasized the importance and need of technical education, most of their recommendations were not put into practice, markedly due to the doctrine of economic stringency exerted by the Treasury over the period. Despite the growing recognition within the industrial world towards the need for trained manpower, the number of progressive industrialists was still relatively small, especially in terms of pressing their interests upon industry as a whole with any momentum. In a word, the problems were again diagnosed but not cured.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 머리말
• Ⅱ. 산업구조 변화와 신기술인력 요구 증대
• Ⅲ. 정부의 반응과 한계
• Ⅳ. 기업가들의 반응과 한계
• Ⅴ. 맺음말
• 〈Abstract〉