The Background of the Impulse of Western Dressmaking in Elementary Schools : during the 1920s-1930s

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to consider the power that pushied Western dressmaking teaching forward by the social and educational background in elementary schools during the 1920s-1930s. The results are as follows 1. To imprive the quality of life, the government gave encouragement to use Western clothing, for example wide textiles, ready-made clothing, children's Western clothing, children's underwear, and the like The encouragement to use broadcloth was the power that pushed Western sewing education. It was necessary to reconsider the educational content and teaching materials, under the influence of children's fashion and the spread of ready-made clothes Persons concerned with dressmaking education were conscious of spreading Western dressmaking to families, as results of a role for improvement of living 2 Using children's clothes for teaching material was because of an increase of children who wore them. Teachers gave attention to the free style within the educational value of the Western dressmaking The qualities of freedom were fit for not only creative study but also for the betterment of clothes, and it raised the level of the value of Western dressmaking in elementary schools. There were mainly two reasons why Western clothes for children's use were selected as teaching materials for Western sewing. One reason was an influence of a theory of life or study, and the other reason was a theory which adapted teaching materials to children's lives