The Research Of The Journalism Education In The Uk Under The Tradition Of On-the-job Training

The journalism education in UK developed relatively late with interruption. However it has formed one of the main modes of journalism education in the world full of it's own features with the background of long history of culture and on the basis of distinguishing feature of university education tradition and quite developed media industry. Under the influence of traditional on-the-job learning, either the journalism education in universities or the vocational training run by media groups or trade organizations focus on the training of practical skills and is markedly distinguished from media research and communications which emphasize on theory impartation.According to the theory of Martin Trow about the three phases of elite to mass to universal of the development of higher education in western countries, the ancient universities founded before the mid of 19th century represented the elite phase. With the issue of Robins Report (1963),the higher education began to say goodbye to the profound tradition of elite education and step up to the great masses of people, and developed toward the mass phase. After the 1990s many polytechnics are upgraded to universities, and the higher education really enter a new mass phase in the UK. The boom of university education of journalism just came with the mass instruction of higher education in the UK.It was just because of the megatrend of the whole higher education which descended from the divine altar and served the masses that for a century the universities'attitude towards journalism education had varied gradually from resolute refusal to acception, and even involvement on a large scale. The transition of elite to mass education was full of contradictions and tension actually which included the wrestle among trade organizations and the indirect regulation and control of the central government through the University Grants Commission(UGC) as well as the great impulse of the boom of the media industy during 1960s and 1970s. During the transition from one phase to another there still were different forms of education. At present the journalism education contains not only university education but the training provided by trade organizaions,media group and trade corporations.On one hand the university education developed quickly,on the other side the influence of apprenticeship still existed.With more and more people enter universities than ever before, those who own a degree will get the best job opportunities and highest pay. And this gives us a referenced way of observing the tendency of journalism education in the UK.This thesis is divided into six main parts.The first part is the introduction of the research significance/the literature review/research methods and the innovation.The second part is about the history of journalism education in UK.The third part analyzes the background of journalism education with the cultural environment/the influence of apprenticeship/the development of trade organizations and the attitude of universities.Next part is the enlightenment of UK journalism education on that of China.Finally the thesis approaches the subject of journalism education in UK from the motive/the guiding ideology/the mission/the direction/the tendency/the social context and the curriculum provision.