Abstract
Information Studies faces numerous challenges, such as untaught compulsory subjects and teacher recruitment．To solve these issues, it is critical to identify the unique qualities and abilities that are expected to be acquired as the subject’s objectives through its knowledge and through learning the necessary skills, besides the development of generic ability. This paper, calling such qualities and abilities ‘information perspectives and thinking’, aims to propose their definitions, frameworks and central concepts. By considering the perspectives that form the background of the Science Council of Japan proposed ‘new academic system’ and the thought behind the UK’s revisions to ICT education, we tentatively propose a trial plan concerning the qualities and capabilities that Information Education should nurture. We defined ‘perspectives and thinking to understand various phenomena in the context of information’ as ‘information perspectives and thinking’. The qualities and capabilities that comprise ‘information perspectives and thinking’ are proposed as 10 central concepts. These concepts can be organized into the two fields of ‘epistemological science’ and‘ designing science’ suggested by the Science Council of Japan．
