Systematic ICT Education Throughout Primary and Secondary Schools: Necessity and Curriculum Proposal
Yasushi Kuno, Tsutom Wada Ben, Yasuichi Nakayama · 2015
Information and information technologies are becoming fundamental infrastructures for our mod- ern society; knowledge on and ability to use them are mandatory for all citizens. Therefore, many countries are now enhancing their ICT (information and communication technologies) curriculum. In contrast, corre- sponding curriculum in Japan seems to rag behind them. In this paper, we discuss current ICT education of advanced countries, and propose both (1) desirable goals for Japan's ICT education and (2) systematic school curriculums throughout Japan's primary and secondary education.