The Japanese case ofSchool Curriculum
Toshihal Kano
Curriculum Director
Curriculum Center, National Institutefor Educational Policy Research.
Elementary and Secondary Education
Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports Science and Technology, Japan.

There is big change in JapanAll students learn programming
Develop information utilization ability in all subjects• Elementary School changed in 2020.
• Junior high school will change in 2021.
• High school will change in 2022.
At the same time, we also organized statisticaleducation according to the developmental stage.

Elementary School in Japan
Befor 2020

After 2020

There is no subject
to teach programming.

Students experience
programming in the subject.
ExampleMathematics,Science,Comprehensive learning,etc

０ hour for programming

About 10 hours or more for programming
Depend on Elementary School

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MathPolygon

Programing

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Tern 90 degree
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Walk straight
Tern 90 degree

Improved

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Science

⼩⾦井市⽴前原⼩学校実Junior high school in Japan
Technology and Home Economics (175hour)
Technology part (87.5hour)

Home Economics part(87.5hour)

Inside of Technology partMaterials and their processing
Energy conversion
Nurturing living things

About30hours

Programming hour has doubled
since 2021

Infromation processing
Befor2021 Inside of Information processing
Information and communication
networks and information ethics

After2021 Inside of Information processing
Information technology and informationethics

Design and production of digital works

Interactive-bidirection programming byusing network

Automatic measurements and control
programming
About 10 Hours for programming

Automatic measurements and control
programming
Understanding technology concepts andevaluation,management,improvement,etc
About 20 Hours for programming

Programing of Measurements Control

High School
0hour forprogramming

Befor 2022

"Information Study I" is being considered asa university entrance examination subject.

After 2022

About 20〜30 hours
for programming

Information Study for
Participating Community 70hours

Information Study Ⅱ
70hours

Information Study by
Scientific Approach

Information Study Ⅰ
70hours

70housAbout 10hours for
programming
Take either of 2 courses
Programming hours isdepend on choice

About 20〜30 hours
for programming
Everyone takes
Information Study Ⅰ
Information Study Ⅱ
Is advanced electivesubjects

Contents of Information Study• Information Study Ⅰ(1) Problem Solving on Information Society(2) Communication and Information Design(3) Computer and Programming(4) Information Communication Network andUtilization of Data

• Information Study Ⅱ(1) Progress of Information Society and Technology(2) Communication and Contents(3) Information and Data Science(4) Information System and Programming(5) Inquiry of Problem Finding and Solving by utilizing
Information and Information Technology

Red letters are related to statistical education and programming education

Information StudyⅠProgramming• Computer system and functions• Modeling and Simulations• Various Expressions of Algorism• Multiple programming language• Structured language with a set of functions• Network is learned at Junior High School(Ex)Rearrangement（Sorting）

Learn through programing, learn programming, and utilizing programming

Information StudyⅠ Utilizing Data
Statistical test

• Collecting, arranging and analyzing data
• Data handling of different format or levels of scaling• Qualitative and quantitative data
• Statistical treatment and interpretation
Basics of data Scinece
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S 27
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e
25
24.5
s
24
i 23.5
z
23
22.5
e(cm)
22

y = 0.2073x - 9.1461

Prediction
is possible
byextending
the graph.

150

155

160
165
Height(cm)

170

175

Simple regression

Ⅱ Information and Data Science• Significance of utilizing big and various data

DataAnalysis• Role of Data Science in Society↓• Data analisys by using data science
Modeling• Modeling the phenomena by using data for predications and relations ↓Prediction• Evaluate the conclusions↓• Improvements of model, computation, interpretation, and representation
Machine• Data collection, arrangements and formatting
Learning↓• Treatments of lacking value and out layer, reliance and confidence
AI• Regression, categorization, clastering, machine learning and Artificial
クラスタリング
未知のIntelligence
データ

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多様かつ⼤量のデータの扱い

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Step by step Learning
According to developmental stage

Cross-curricularPowerWe call
Information Utilization ability

Based onInterrelated
concepts

Algorithmic Thninking
High School
Used to find and solve problems
Junior High School
Learn and Utilize
Elementary School
Experience

Based onInformation
DesignTeacher training
Training course and Content are provided by:• Local Government• Company• Non-profit Organization• Academic Conference• University• Open University
Also Teaching Materials and Case studies aresupplied on the web.