Educator of Social Education

―Its Education and Training―

Abstract

  Compared with school teachers, it is not easy to limit the scop of educators of social education. In a limited sense, special professions, such as a social education officer, a librarian at library, and literary staff at museum, are exemplified. In a broad sense, not only such administrative staff, but the people from a lecturer/an adviser of social education enterprise to a leader of voluntary group should be included. Thus, it is difficult to limit the scope. Therefore, the education and training, placing the focus on mainly administrative staff, are studied in this report.

  The content of this report are as follows: First, the outline of the education and training for adminstrative staff is introduced. Next, an example of the training at university and self- formation as a lecturer/an adviser are introduced through the writer's experience. Lastly, the subjects in the future are mentioned, illustrating some examples of the most recent student- oriented training.

  The present education and training are charged with many problems. The most fundamental problem is that the position of staff as a special professional, which is a prerequisite for the education and training, is not established. Besides, it is deficient definitely to see only the field of social education. According to the recent trend of social education, the education and training are needed, taking a broad view of things, not only in the field of social education, but also in the fields of regional medical service, regional social welfare, voluntary activities, enterprise activities, and so on. Taking this fact into consideration, interchange of educational practices related to the education and training is required, as a subject in the future.