The Present and Future Development of Consumer Education by Private Consumer Organization

민간소비자단체의 소비자교육 현황과 발전 방안

  • Hong Yeon-Kum (The Association of Green Consumer) ;
  • Song In-Sook (Dept. of Consumer and Housing Studies, The Catholic Univ. of Korea)
  • 홍연금 (녹색소비자연대) ;
  • 송인숙 (가톨릭대학교 소비자.주거학과)
  • Published : 1999.12.01

Abstract

This study is to examine the present and future development of the adult consumer education by private consumer organization. For this purpose the data of consumer education practiced during 1996, 1997 were gathered from 33 consumer organizations. From the survey we can find that the financial and human resources of consumer organization are too limited and the selection of education theme were made nonsystematically. Based on these results and literature survey the contents and strategies were suggested for the adult education of private consumer organizations.

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