The Development And Change Of American Adult Education After World War Ⅱ

The germination of adult education in the United States began in the colonial p eriod of the 17th century and gradually took shape with the development of econo mic society.Before the second world war,adult education activities in the United States have been enriched and the target of adult education has been expanded.H owever,due to the inherent history,cultural tradition and political system,the deve lopment of adult education in the United States has been neglected by the federal government,and the educational status is at the bottom and edge of the entire edu cation system.This continued until the end of the second world war.After the se cond world war,faced with the problem of "population explosion",fierce internati onal competition and domestic social contradictions,the federal began to gradually realize the development of adult education in improve the level of the national ec onomy and maintaining social stability important support role in the economy,beg an to rethink the gradually strengthen the intervention and guidance of adult educa tion,and a series of supporting policies,reform measures to launch,and more tha n 70 years after the second world war will continue developing and perfecting adj ustment,has emerged a large number of adult education experts and adult educatio n theory.These achievements and experiences have trained a large number of high-quality labor force population in the United States and provided historical referenc e for the development and reform of adult education in some European countries and other developing countries.Adult education in the United States changes in so cial and economic development,and formed a distinctive development path.This research is based on a multi-dimensional perspective of historical develop ment.Based on the retrospect of the early development of American adult educati on before the Second World War,it takes the landmark events of American adult education reform and development as the important basis for the division of devel opment stages.The context of the development of theory and practice in American adult education at all stages.It reveals the contribution of different institutions an d historical figures to adult education in different periods.On the basis of adherin g to the systemic and cohesiveness of history,the research on the five post-war d evelopment stages was deepened,thus clearly revealing the historical trajectory of American education reform and development since the end of World War Ⅱ.Each stage is cut from the background to specific practice,and finally the characteristics and deficiencies of each stage of reform are judged and analyzed.Through histor ical investigations,this thesis further focuses on the core issues of adult education legislation,federal intervention,financial security,and adult vocational education sy stems that are strongly related to American adult education,and summarizes and r efines the reform and development of adult education for more than 70 years after the war.The major features and advanced experience of prioritizing education leg islation,lifelong education goals,professionalization of capacity development,and i ntegration of quality assurance presented by American adult education.Finally,bas ed on the history and current situation of the reform and development of adult ed ucation in China,The task of the times for the construction of the education mod ernization system is to put forward countermeasures and suggestions to promote th e reform and development of adult education in China from three aspects:clarifyi ng government responsibilities,promoting multi-party cooperation,and promoting c urriculum reform.