When we think of the challenges pedagogy (the science of education) faces today, it is important to research the role pedagogy has played, not only in the training of teachers and social education ...facilitators, but also in that of neighboring professions, such as social work, nursing, correctional education, medicine, etc. In Japanm the discussion about the importance of pedagogical education in the training of the social service profession and social workers has been neglected. The purpose of this study is to investigate the development of social pedagogue training and certification as well as the role that the fields of pedagogy and social pedagogy have played in Germany. In Germany, the training of the social pedagogue is assigned to two institutions of higher education, namely colleges for social pedagogy (Fachhochshule) and the faculties of education in universities. Therefore, in the first chapter, I give a historical survey of the development of the social pedagogue training system in colleges, and in the second chapter I consider the curriculum of social pedagogue training and the role of social pedagogy in universities. In the second chapter, I also examine the arguments of Mollenhauer, Giesecke, and Thiersch as important theories of social pedagogy. In conclusion, I note that: (1) In Germany there is a special qualification and training system for the social service profession, named social pedagogues. (2) Recently, integration of the training system for social pedagogues and social workers is being discussed as an important problem. (3) In the training of social pedagogues and social workers the field of pedagogy has played a very important role. Conversely, the development of social pedagogy has been a very important factor in the development of pedagogy.
In Germany, since the Weimar period, the people who work in both educational and social institutions, such as day nursery, kindergarten, home and youth center, are called social ...pedagogue(Sozialpädagoge). Compared with ordinary teachers, the level of their qualification and the system of their training have not yet fully developed. These days, however, their number is consistently increasing and accordingly their estimation is steadily rising. The purpose of this study is to show the development and the present state of the social pedagogue's qualification and training. In the first chapter, I explain the origin, the legal ground, the category and the training institution of the social pedagogue. They are founded on “the child and youth welfare law” and trained mainly in 1) specialist training college for educators at elementary level, 2) college at university level for social pedagogues and social workers, 3)educational department of university. In the second chapter, I give a historical survey of the develpment of the training system of social pedagogue and social worker in college at university level. In the third chapter I consider the present curriculum of social pedagogue training in college at university level and educatinal department of university. Finally, I emphasize that in Germany the educational science has played the central role in the curriculum, which makes significant point of difference particularly between the social pedagogue's training systems in Germany and in Japan.
