German Industrial Education and Its Lessons for the United States. Bulletin, 1913, No. 19. Whole Number 529

Autor/in	Beckwith, Holmes
Institution	Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)
Titel	German Industrial Education and Its Lessons for the United States. Bulletin, 1913, No. 19. Whole Number 529
Quelle	(1913), (150 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Industry; Industrial Education; Vocational Education; Apprenticeships; Public Opinion; Employers; Employees; Attitudes; Educational History; Administrative Organization; State Legislation; Cultural Differences; Urban Areas; Colleges; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; Germany; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Industrie; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Öffentliche Meinung; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Landesrecht; Kultureller Unterschied; Urban area; Stadtregion; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	The purpose of the present study is to ascertain in what ways we in the United States may develop industrial education so that it may be of the greatest service to industry and to industrial workers, as well as to the whole people. The economic viewpoint and economic aspects have dominated the pedagogical, and the practical outcome has at all times been kept to the fore. Industrial education for the masses, for the rank and file of the workers, has been the chief concern. In the United States we lack large practical experience with industrial education for the mass of workers. Of all countries, Germany has had probably the largest and most fruitful experience with such education and has most to teach us. To learn at first hand from German experiences, the author spent the summer of 1911 investigating industrial education in Germany. The cities visited were selected with a view to their importance industrially and include a number of the chief industrial centers in various lines of manufacture. The following cities were visited: The city State of Hamburg; Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz, and Plauen in Saxony; Munich in Bavaria; Mannheim in Baden; and Berlin, Magdeburg, Frankfort on Main, Coblenz, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Elberfeld, Barmen, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Crefeld, Munchen-Gladbach, Rheydt, and Aachen, in Prussia. Numerous industrial schools of all grades were visited, a large proportion of which were in operation. Inquiries were made of school directors and teachers, and members of school boards, as to the organization, methods, and results of the schools. The relations of the schools to and their results on industry, and the attitude of industrial employers to them, were especially investigated. In almost every city the chamber of industry was visited and inquiries made of these bodies, which are the best fitted of all to represent the opinions of the masters. In addition, a considerable number of school reports and other printed data were collected, of which one could learn only when on the ground. It may be questioned whether the German experience is likely to be largely useful to us in the United States, on account of our differences, economic, political, and temperamental. In Part II the author notes some of the economic differences. The psychological and political differences are well known. The following appendixes are included: (1) A German Apprentice Contract; and (2) The Wisconsin Apprentice Law of 1911. An index is included. Individual sections contain footnotes. [Best copy available has been provided.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10