中学校の情報教育と教員研修

UENO Koshi

Senior Specialist for Curriculum
School Curriculum Division
Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT)

Goals of information education(development of ability to utilize information)
Ability to utilize information
Necessary qualities and abilities — observe and assimilate various phenomena in theworld as information and connections and utilize information and information
technology appropriately and effectively to discover and solve problems and form
their own ideas

Knowledge and skills
・Understanding how to find and solve
problems using information andinformation technology・Understanding the role, impact, andgrowth of computerization in society
・ Understanding the legal systems andconventions related to technology
・ Understanding individuals’ roles andresponsibilities
・ Acquiring the skills required toproperly utilize information andinformation technology

Thinking, judgment,expression, etc.
・Ability to grasp various
phenomena from theviewpoint of informationand connections, andconnect multiple pieces of
information to find newmeanings
・Ability to use information
technology appropriately
and effectively to find andsolve problems

Attitude towardlearning, human nature,etc.
・ Attitude toward usinginformation andinformation technology
appropriately andeffectively andparticipating
independently in theinformation society andcontributing to its
development.

Positioning of information education

Fostering in all educational activities• Promote the ability to utilize information as “the qualities and abilities
that form the basis of learning” and stressing the aim of fostering it inall educational activities• Enhance learning activities using ICT

Fostering in related subjects• Japanese language: “How to handle information”
Relationship between information
Organizing information• Mathematics: “Utilization of data”
Trends and comparison of data distribution
Specimen survey, etc.
• Morality: “Information ethics”
Ethics in the information society
Understanding and observing the law• Technology / Home Economics Technology field<< Contents >> “D Technology of information processing”

Information education in the technical field

Details of technical fields
A. Technology of materials and their processing
B. Technology of nurturing living things
C. Technology of energy conversion
D. Technology of information processing

Content D Goals
Developing qualities and abilities to build a better life and a sustainable
society through information technology
Attitude towardlearning, human nature,
Knowledge and skills
etc.
・ Understanding information
・Identify problems in life and ・Attitude toward creating
technology
society, set out issues,
information technology toand solve them using
improve quality of life
・ Acquiring skills related to information
information technology
and build a sustainable
technology
society・ Understanding the relationshipbetween information technology andlife, society, and the environment

Thinking, judgment,expression, etc.

Information education in the technology field

Learning process in the technology field
Social issues of thepresent and the future

Science constraints
Technology constraints
Social constraints

Motivation
for creation

Design andplanning

Production /Fostering

Evaluationof theresults

Solving new problems(What kind of technology is needed to solve the problem)
Pursuit of existing problem solving techniques(How the technology to solve the problem was created and spread)
Evaluation of the diffusion results
Explanation of diffusion(Data and modeling of technology
diffusion)

Evaluation of the diffusion factors
Development of technology(elemental technology, newtechnology)

Development of science(science related to andinfluenced by technology)

Social changes (structure, population, law, environment)
Social issues (disasters, interpersonal relationships, internationalization)

Improving the quality of teachers
Clarification of goals

How to improve thequality of teachers

Qualities and abilities required of leaders

Cultivation
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Training in recruitment
Voluntary study sessions

Thinking,
judgment,
expression,etc.

Knowledge
and skills

Attitudetoward learn,humannature, etc.

Specification of content and method

Content for eachscene

Role sharing and cooperation
First year

Second to fifth year

Coordinating andadvising teachers

Nationally sponsoredtraining

Training inprefectures
Training for the cityand town
Training schools
Voluntary study
sessions

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