THE REALITIES AND THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIOLOGOCAL EDUCATION

本研究的三个基本焦点是：(1)社会学教育内部的资格问题；(2)社会学教育与所谓“大学改革”或高等教育大众化、国际化和信息时代的相关性；(3)包括本科和研究生课程在内的教师和学生的意见。为了明确这些重点，我们研究了社会学教育的理论著作，并对相关组织工作人员进行了初步访谈。在此基础上，我们进行了三种类型的问卷调查：(A)日本社会学学会一般会员问卷调查。问题包括研究经费、研究项目团队、研究设备和设施、信息服务和设备的利用、教学支持系统、学术协会会员资格、对日本社会学学会活动的意见、教学方法、他们教授的科目或课程。采集样本868个。(B)对接受社会学教育的研究生进行问卷调查。问题包括生活和学习费用、读研动机、研究主题、出版物、学术协会会员资格、学习风格、设备设施、研究环境、指导、工作机会、对日本社会学学会的看法等。收集样品505个。(C)对接受社会学教育的成年学生进行问卷调查。采集样本192份。通过这些调查，收集了许多关于日本社会学教育的经验事实。此外，还明确了将对社会战略和政策起到决定性作用的社会教育意见的分配结构。

Three fundamental foci of this research are as follows : (1)qualification problem within sociological education, (2)relevance of sociological education to so-called "university reform" or popularization and internationalization of higher education and information age, (3)opinions of teachers and students including both in undergraduate and graduate courses.In order to clarify these foci, we studied theoretical works on sociological education, and also didpreliminary interviews with relevant organization staffs. Based on this information, we have conducted three kinds of questionaire survey :(A)Questionaire survey of the Japna Sociological Society's general members. Questions include items on research money, research project teams, equipment and facilities for research, utilization of information service and devices, support system for teaching, academic association membership, opinions on the activity of the Japan Sociological Society, methods of teaching, subjects or courses which they teach. Collected samples are 868.(B)Questionare survey of graduate students who enjoy sociological education. Questions include items on living and studying costs, motivation to go on into graduate school, research theme, publiation, academic association membership, study style, equipment and facilities, research environment, instruction, job opportunity, opinions on the Japan Sociological Society, and so on. Collected samples are 505.(C)Questionare survey of adult students who enjoy sociological education. Collected samples are 192.Trough these surveys, many empirical facts surrounding sociological education in Japna were collected. Allocation structure of opinions on sociological education, which will be proved to be very useful in deciding the strategy and policy of the Society, was also clarified.