会員調査にみる「知」の構造と学会の転機

会員の世代差と学会へのロイヤリティを中心に

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The Japan Society of Educational Sociology (JSES) commissioned a survey of the society's members as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of its founding. The Society is comprised' of three major age groups. The first group consists of members in their sixties, the second group in their forties, and the thirdgroup in their thirties.Thirties.
The JSES is a professional organization forthe exchange of knowledge and intellectual discourse. However, it should be noted that some generation gap may exist due to the dramatic change in the composition of the membership in recent years.
There has been a significant increase in membership in the JSES in recent years. In fact, membership almost tripled after attempts were made to control JSES by making Educational Sociology an experimental subject, and after the Japanese government instituted a requirement of completing courses in education before applying for a teaching license.
While all three groups mentioned above are proud to be members of JSES, they have becomemembers of it for differing reasons. The group consisting of members in their sixties has long viewed JSES as a forum for the presentation of scientific studiesas well as the exchange of scientific information on the subject.
The youngergroup, characterized by the high rate of women and postbaccal aureate degrees, view JSES as a forum for the exchange of critical thinking, to question the usefulness of policy making and empirical considerations. Many of the members in thisgroup are graduates of Tokyo University, some are active teachers, graduate students and faculty members who handle non-teacher training courses. This contrastswith the middle aged male members who previously comprised the core of the JSES.
There was concern about potential changes in the quantity of the publications by members during the past five years. Our survey indicates that each member published 0.99 books as author or co-author on an average, 1. 75 books as editoror contributor, and 5. 98 research papers. The survey shows the positive correlation between the quantity of the publications and the amount of research budget.
Compared with other professional societies, the JSES members have been more active in their academic activities. Over the past five years each member has attended the annual meeting 2.6 times and made presentations 0.9 times on an average. The main concern of junior members of the JSES was shown to be on research presentations, while the one of the senior members on management of the society.