Abstract
The aim of this paper is to introduce the informatics education curricula in Korea and Australia, compare them with the curriculum developed by Nishinosono (1995), and point out some challenges for the improvement of informatics education in Japan. The aim of informatics education in Korea is to catch up with information technology in developed countries such as Japan through educational computing and special education for the gifted, and educational reform. In Australia, the main aim of informatics education is to develop in students an understanding of computers. There are two kinds of courses. One is a preliminary course, and the other is a higher school certificate course. Both courses have adequate class hours. There are many options in computing studies and it is possible for each school to take a flexible attitude to informatics education, there are many evaluation items which are suggestive for curriculum development in Japan.
